Microsoft Corp. issued a beta release of version 3.0 of the Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA) tool this week — a move that one industry analyst said is an attempt by the company to gain ...

Ergo, big boost for .NET market share. Granted, that pressure won't exist from day one, ... This cannot bode well for Java market share, even on non-Microsoft platforms.

The Java tools market is shrinking in terms of dollars “because there’s so many free good free options out there for most of the kinds of simple Java development that people need,” he said.

Microsoft has released a new programming tool aimed at attracting Java developers to its .Net software strategy. At its Tech Ed 2002 Europe developer conference Monday, Microsoft released the ...