Microsoft Hearts Java
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At last week's JavaOne conference, Microsoft execs did their best to woo the Java developers in attendance.
"'I want to say, absolutely, we come in peace,' pledged Steven Martin, one of a pair of Microsoft executives to address the crowd at JavaOne on Thursday in San Francisco," writes InformationWeek's Charles Babcock. "It may have been said in jest, but no one at the keynote address laughed.
Nevertheless, the earnest tone and serious examples presented… left JavaOne attendees impressed with Microsoft's desire to have Windows and .Net fully interoperate with Java."
"One of the reasons that Microsoft and Sun have focused on interoperability is because companies like Google are creating an emerging set of Web-based APIs (application programming interfaces) that are starting to eclipse Java and .Net," notes PC World's Robert McMillan. "How technologies like Google Wave will interoperate with Java and .Net is unclear. Google is not a sponsor of JavaOne and the search giant has a minimal presence at this year's show."