Which Is Good Java Or Dot Net

Hi,
I want to know which is going to be a success in future. I've asked this question to many but all are giving my vague answers. I'm asking this question because i'm going to join a company where i can choose either dot net or java. Which one should i choose.
Wax

This post has been edited by Wax: Sep 8 2008, 08:41 PM

I don't like either of them, but if you must pick one, then i would suggest Java, only because i feel that it is less limiting and more beneficial.

It is impossible to conform java is better than .net or vice versa. So its not a
surprise you get different answers for this question. It depends on the person
who you ask.

Here are some major differences between Java and .Net from some website

Well, we can list 100's of these types of differences. Both has its own advantages and disadvantages.

So, my suggestion is, instead of trying to figure out which is better, try to learn both. As far as I know, Development
in .Net is quicker and easier when compared to Java.

But to choose one for your company, Get some information on which development framework is widely used in your
company. Choose that one, as you can get more support and help learning that framework. Its easy to get help from
others. And also, you'll easily assigned to projects.

Well, this is just my opinion. Choose wisely. Don't depend on others opinions.

well, in my opinion, java is much better than .net and the main reason of my opinion is the maturity.
.net just copied a lot of ideas from java but java has a more advanced virtual machine.
but, if i would guess which is going to be a success in future, i would put my bets on ruby.
take a look at it. and one reason to my opinion is that it will have a very advanced virtual machine, powered by old and very mature smalltalk virtual machines!

I guess we cant make a direct comparison of which is good Java or DotNet, Dot net is a platform which supports various languages like C , C++ etc. and a direct comparison wont be effective between these two, but however i guess there are some key aspects of java, Java dooes not allow multiple inheritance , where as C# .Net too doesnt allow multiple inheriatance , so if you study closely you can get some similarities and dissimilarites between java and .Net. However each has its own advantages. So we can call both as good.

I don't like to be biased but some of my observations:

1) .NET is limited to windows (MONO/WXC# and some other flavors are alternative but still official support for .NET is limited with windows only)

2) Java is open source/many languages like flash/actionscript/flex/AIR support it extensively.Java has its ecosystem around neat stuff like mysql[now] and can build applications for linux flavours too. Java is free. You can use it to build an open source product and can later charge for services of that product.

3) C# combines features of C++ and java. So it is powerful but yet not preferred by companies, as more and more companies are moving to open source from than Microsoft standards.

4) Because of apache and similar open source project, support and software for java platform is likely to rise than .NET

5) Learning curve for java is much easier as compared to C++/C# as many concepts which found in these language are removed from its ease of use.

On a more technical note. Both java and .Net today solve different solutions. [ they do coincide but have very different usages.] for user experience and higher productivity /latest features and full realisation of oop paradigms go for .net framework.

For higher architectural strength / platform nonspecific[independent] and coherently stable requirement choose Java.

There is no language in this world which has seen a decline in its acceptance rate. infact languages such as cobol and pascal were written with a specific purpose in mind and they have not been replaced as yet.

Java is based on object orientation so soon adapted to suite to be the web langauge. During the same time as java php was developing and infact it had more market share than java[applets]. JSP is a good language and so is php .. ther eis not comparision with respect which is going to outlive the other.We still have more php based websites in the world then we have in JSP.

At the End:

Never worship a language. worship programming.Pascal is a methodology. php is a another type of methodology. no one can outlive the other. some languages are good for common use internet use. similarly some are easily available.some are easy to learn. etc etc . "No language is supreme".

This post has been edited by mahesh2k: Dec 2 2008, 10:24 AM