> I'm taking a Java course currently; the teacher stated that 
> Java has something like 80% of the server programming market 
> at present. If this is true, MS is going to have a very tough 
> time penetrating the Java's inroads.

There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. I kind of doubt that 80% of all
server-side programming is Java, although it is very popular.

> Also, with Java's RMI, having different OSs on the backend 
> finally seems to be less of an issue. So, why bother to convert 
> to MS when something like this is available?

I'm not arguing that anyone should "convert". On the other hand, if you're a
Visual Basic or ASP programmer, .NET might convince you not to convert to
Java.

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
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