This IBM article shows how J2EE (WebSphere for Linux) and .NET can work together using Web services standards. Specifically it explains how EJBs can interact with COM+ components using Web services standards developed on WebSphere Studio and Visual Studio .Net. You can download WebSphere Studio for Linux. Update: On a related note, Microsoft released its Web Services Development Kit Technology Preview.
.NET and J2EE Web Services Interoperability Demonstration
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Example SOAP request = 4,519 bytes + time to build .xml + over HTTP + time to parse .xml
No thanks … I’d rather they just agreed on the byte size/order of primitives