.NET and J2EE Interoperability  .NET and J2EE Interoperability
• Comments 1  Just noticed that Microsoft Press have recently
published a new book by Simon Guest on interoperability between
.NET and J2EE. I've not seen it yet, but a book like this is
desperately needed. I'm regularly asked about this and even if
the question is not asked, you can be sure that it's on the mind
of most IT Directors who want to avoid being trapped down one
architectural path without hope of escape.  People often assume
that the only option for getting .NET and J2EE to talk to each
other is web services; with the recent joint announcement from
Microsoft and IBM and the separate announcment from Sun, this is
an increasingly viable option. But there are some great third-
party alternative solutions that integrate at the .NET Remoting
/ CORBA level, such as Intrinsyc Ja.NET, JNBridge and Borland
Janeva.  In the modern enterprise environment, it's not
reasonable to presume that .NET or J2EE will win out completely;
most large compan