In this whitepaper, we will make a powerful comparison between the two choices that businesses have for building XML-based web services: the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1, built by Sun Microsystems and other industry players, and Microsoft.NET 2, built by Microsoft Corporation. Some of the statements we make will offend you, and hopefully more of them will agree with you. So as you read this paper, please remember our three promises:
1. We promise to compare these choices at a logical, neutral, and unbiased level.
2. We promise to tell the tale about how we really do feel about these technologies.
3. We promise to dispel the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) that exists in the marketplace today.
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