> It is a little early to say. Certainly Java has the lead now, > but it has been around a lot longer than .NET. However, the > same thing could have been said about Netscape not that long > ago. I don't know who the smart money is on, but my money is > on Java. > > My prediction is that if the race gets close IBM will buy Sun.
My prediction is that neither will "win" - the world's big enough for both. Microsoft shops will use .NET, and non-Microsoft shops will use J2EE, and a few years from now both will be essentially forgotten in favor of the new new thing - J3 and .NEW, maybe? There's nothing new here; a few years ago, people were having the same discussion about ASP vs the world. I'm not sure why IBM would buy Sun, either. As it is, IBM gets to benefit from Java, so what's their incentive? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
