The disputes between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems are famous. These led to the dismissal of Java from the Microsoft platform (but you can still install it as an add-on) and Microsoft dumping its ...

Microsoft is retiring its Visual J# product and the accompanying Java Language Conversion Assistant, according to a company posting on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site from earlier this ...

Despite a lukewarm reception, Microsoft is pressing ahead with its J# version of Java for Visual Studio .Net - and believes it can side-step the Sun lawsuit. Microsoft has released the second beta of ...

BARCELONA, Spain, July 1, 2002 — Today at Microsoft® TechEd 2002 Europe, Microsoft Corp. launched Microsoft Visual J#™ .NET, a development tool for Java-language developers building applications and ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Two paths are available for migrating Java applications to .Net: upgrade them to Visual J# .Net or convert them to Visual C# .Net. Upgrading Java applications to J# is the quickest and easiest way to ...