>>>Sorry, here you go: http://www.vnunet.com/News/104030
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>>Thanks :-)
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>There are certain inconsistencies in the article that lead me to wonder if it's legit.....
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>"Microsoft has turned its back on Java development by canning its Visual J++ 6 programming tool."
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>"Senior Microsoft developer product managers have told Computing that when the company ships its development suite Visual Studio 7 late next year, there is a "great probability that Visual J++ won't be there.""
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>So is it gone, or isn't it?

Here is another link that might hint.
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/02/1112215.shtml