Snowball - The Blog

Since I work in a consultancy firm, I see what's going on in the industry. More and more .net projects keep coming in, in favor of Java applications. Over time, a lot of Java programmers have been introduced to the world of .net.

It's easy to see this, but when talking to non-Microsoft people, it's quite hard to convince them to face reality.

Yesterday, Bob Muglia, Microsoft's senior vice president of Server and Tools business, said Microsoft's .Net platform has outpaced Java, particularly the Java Enterprise Edition, over the past five years to become the development platform of choice for enterprise development.

"Five years ago we had problems with J2EE [Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition]," Muglia said. However, "We've grown from having a quarter of the market to, now, 60 percent," he said. Microsoft displayed the FAM presentations via Webcast.

"J2EE has run its course," Muglia said.

Yet, he also said that although Microsoft is strong in the database and developer tools spaces, the company sees that in both areas, "we are mature and we have high usage, but our revenue numbers are lower than our usage numbers… As we focus on the enterprise segment, we have the ability to drive up our revenue share."

I don't see an immediate threat in the future, with upcoming technologies as .net 3.0 (WPF and WCF), Atlas... Way to go .net!