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/resourc...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?