J2EE Vs. .Net

[mwagiru]

So in this ongoing battle i found an article that lists the features/comparisons for both J2EE and .net as applies to web services besides the usual benchmark junk, http://www.theserverside.com/resources/article.jsp?l=J2EE-vs-DOTNET and after reading it seems to me J2EE is is built on a free/semi-free standard while microsoft is not-from the point of view that to run a .net service you need a .net server which you have to cough out cash. What id like to know is what people have on how to make this stuff(web services) in third world countries money making. Also what would be the thing to invest learning time in J2EE or .Net, or is it as easy to just learn both, from a "starting your own business" view as opposed to getting employed perspective?

[luftwaffe]

I would say that this article is based on bias, as (see bottom of the page, hopefully will not be removed soon) created by "TheServerSide Your J2EE Community".

It seems to prefer java just for the bottom line.

[thompsco]

Where I work (San Francisco Bay Area, in California) there was a burst of interest from developers in .Net last year. I spent quite a few weekends and evenings reading about the .Net framework and C#. But since then it seems like all the developers I know here have sort of lost interest in .Net, and everything new is still being done using either Java/J2EE or C++/VC++. The larger companies here like Charles Schwab, Bank of America, etc. are pretty committed to J2EE now, and that seems unlikely to change. Since it is these large companies that hire developers from India and elsewhere to help get enterprise projects completed, I would recommend becoming a J2EE expert. That way you will be much more likely to have some of the money for development contracts from large American companies come your way :)