Last month, this column explored the high-level differences between the two competing Web service methodologies. The conclusion was that Sun Microsystems J2EE was best defined as a model or standard for building distributed applications, and Microsofts .NET was essentially a product suite for accomplishing the same goals. This month, youll see how each of these products could be used to build a real-world set of applications.

The hype surrounding J2EE and .NET has reached new heights of absurdity. I have read countless white papers and articles written by industry experts proving that J2EE is better than .NET, or one or the other is easier to use, less expensive to implement, more secure, or whatever. It seems to me that the ultimate goal of enterprise computing systems should be interoperability, not one-upmanship. If either J2EE or .NET becomes truly accepted, it will be because they workand work with other systems.

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