>Thomas
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>>>That may not be true by the time SP 3 for .NET is released.
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>If I want to develop today, .NET is off the radar. Java looks likely to stick around for a while and there are lots of programmers of all levels.
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>I hate to say it... but having been burnt by Java some years back, I think I'm going to have another crack. Even if MS has left the Java VM out of Windows XP.
>Regards
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>JR

John;

I know you have been up to my area in Silicon Valley (we still have to get together to have a pint or two). Java in this area is hot and has been for about 1 1/2 years based upon job requirements. There is not much Microsoft development going on in comparison.

I still belong to the Java users group. I remember the night (a few years back) when the president of the group (a good friend of mine) came in very happy to announce: "Version 1.2 has just been released and here it is"! His next words: "However, there is NO browser that it will work with"! Such a feeling!

Yes, we have to look into Java much more closely - to better see the reality.

Tom