Should I Pay Attention to .NET?

We assume that since you have gotten this far in the book, you have some leaning toward at least exploring the capabilities and coding styles of J2EE. However, you may be curious about or already be considering an alternative offering by Microsoft called .NET.

.NET is a set of standards and architectures published by Microsoft Corporation. It is an alternative to J2EE and does not use J2EE components. .NET has at its core a number of Microsoft products, such as the following:

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