From Java to C#: A Developer's Guide

1.6. Competing in parallel with Java technologies

For developers, the picture of .NET represents one that competes directly with Java and J2EE technologies. Although most of the computer science concepts behind these two paradigms are similar, in most cases they represent two completely different ways of doing the same thing. ^[22]

^[22] I have read several white papers on the Internet attempting to compare J2EE with .NET. Unfortunately, no matter how unbiased the parties are trying to be towards the two technologies, a trained eye can often tell the prejudices 'encoded' between the lines. I have yet to see a really neutral and fair comparison released by an impartial third party such as an academic institution or standards body. If you try to use ...