What to expect from Microsoft and IBM keynotes at JavaOne
Will Microsoft and Sun announce Java Services for Azure?
Follow @SavioRodriguesWhile the future of JavaOne is anybody's guess, it's interesting to note that Microsoft and IBM are both delivering keynotes at JavaOne this year. This is Microsoft's first JavaOne keynote and IBM's first in at least two years.
Microsoft's Dan'l Lewin will be discussing .Net and Java interoperability. It's great to see .Net and Java interoperability get more industry attention. For all the .Net-vs.-Java hype, at least one-third of customers (an old Gartner stat) have both .Net and Java. In fact, I spoke to two customers in the last month who are interested in the WebSphere CEA feature pack and have a .Net front end speaking to a Java back end. Good thing we designed for interopability from day one.
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It seems there may be a cloud angle to the Sun/Microsoft announcement. I'd hazard a guess that Sun and Microsoft will announce support for "Java Services" on Microsoft's Azure Cloud, similar to the .Net Services currently supported. It's always seemed awkward to me that Azure would be a Windows/.Net-centric (-only) cloud. Why would Microsoft choose not to address the one-third of customers that have both .Net and Java in their shop? I have to believe that Sheila Gulati, Steven Martin, Sam Ramji, Robert Duffner, Bill Hilf, and others at Microsoft are thinking along these same lines.
