>>It's dead. MS will no longer produce a Java tool.
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>Not 100% true. From the JUMP page (http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualj/jump/default.asp):
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>JUMP to .NET enables Microsoft Visual J++® customers and other programmers who use the Java language to take advantage of existing skills and code investments while fully exploiting the Microsoft platform today and into the future.
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>JUMP to .NET consists of three sets of tools:
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>Programming tools support. A set of tools that can be hosted in the Visual Studio.NET integrated development environment and that allow developers to use the Java language syntax to directly target the .NET platform.

Thanks Robert