FOCAL POINT:The decision to select .Net or Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) is easy - both should be supported unless the IT organization (ITO) can standardize on Microsoft (MSFT). Because only the ...

While last month's JavaOne conference focused on the next generation of the Java platform, there's a growing ecosystem of tools to connect existing Java-based apps to those based on Microsoft's .NET ...

COMMENTARY--Even as the battle between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems for developer mindshare goes into full swing, the line between competing development platforms is already starting to blur. That's ...

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If you’ve used the Java Native Interface (JNI) to make a platform-specific native library accessible to your Java programs, you know how tedious it can be. Jeff Friesen continues his series on ...