>Interesting. Despite the source, it is still a plausible possibility. If Java gets on the .Net brouhaha, who's going to want to learn C# if they already know Java or if they can learn Java and be part of a broader market?

I don't think MS would do anythign with Java. It doesn't make sense, whats the advantage of java? It runs on a multitude of computers. If they made a Java as part of .NET it would loose that advantage, and then you would endup with nothing more than a language that looks like C# and does exactly what C# does.

Oh wait... they might do it... they did it with VB.NET! *grin*