Java and .NET are both great platforms on their own, but together, they are a practical necessity in the modern enterprise. With enterprise development market share of 35-40% each, it's fairly obvious that neither of these two platforms is "going away" any time soon. It's clear to even the most zealous Java or .NET devotee that working with both platforms is going to become the norm. This article looks at various interoperability issues between the Java and .NET platforms.
Ted Neward is a Java and .NET author, instructor and speaker who lives
in the Sacramento, CA area. He is the Editor-in-Chief of
TheServerSide.NET. His personal weblog, on both Java and .NET, can be
seen at http://www.neward.net/ted/weblog, and he can be reached at
editor@theserverside.net.