We've been doing a lot of Java / .NET interop for last couple of years in our enterprise applications. On one hand, our customers used their existing expertise and infrastructure that worked better with Java based technologies like their existing Unix based servers, Sybase database (on Unix) and the knowledge of their DBA team, and we using our existing Java developers and expertise. But what Java based technology provides that we don't have on .NET world? Is it important at all?

 

In the middle of investigating the new Rhino Service Bus (more on this on later posts), I was trying to create a console application that'd act like a Console Application Server. 

There's a new kid on the block! An effort to port Java frameworks to .NET is not a new thing and it's been around since the early days of .NET 1, but integration of .NET Framework and Java Development Kit (JDK) is something I'm not used to see everyday! 

FarsiLibrary RC 2.1 is here. Some reported bugs are fixed in this release and some new features are added. Please report back any problem you may have. Please note that changes labeled as "Modified" *might* break your current application. 

Scott Hanselman has opened a survery to ask what feature of the .NET Framework people use. As he says, he'll take the results straight to "The Bosses" so this could impact Microsoft's future plans on development tools in general and .NET Framework in particular.There should be at least 2500 responses, so go ahead and vote for your favorite features in .NET Framework. See the original post here or directly vote here.