According to statistics, Java continues to have the crown of the most used VM-based platform in the industry. However, Microsoft's C# and .NET gain ground every day. While C# might or might not overcome Java in the following years, the fact remains that more and more programmers want the choice of C# among their developer tools. So, where does this situation leave Apple?
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> In my case, my company was doing ASP development for ...
Ok, I understand this problem. However, situations like these are probably a small percent of the web development industry in general. There are cases where some application _has_ to talk with another one that runs on a different platform, we all know how the requirements and decisions are made in a real life case. Now you can do this with Web Services. Problem partially solved. If more than this sort of interop is necessary than a custom solution is probably applicable with tailored API and not using a framework.
> In my case, my company was doing ASP development for ...
Ok, I understand this problem. However, situations like these are probably a small percent of the web development industry in general. There are cases where some application _has_ to talk with another one that runs on a different platform, we all know how the requirements and decisions are made in a real life case. Now you can do this with Web Services. Problem partially solved. If more than this sort of interop is necessary than a custom solution is probably applicable with tailored API and not using a framework.
This is my oppinion and I can be corrected.