Does Visual J++ compete with Java?
Absolutely not. Applications built with Visual J++ will work with any major browser, including Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Microsoft has fully embraced the Java language and is making it even more powerful by allowing Java to easily integrate with existing applications and databases. Microsoft has a license agreement with Sun to create the reference implementation of Java for Windows, and Microsoft has freely licensed this technology back to Sun so that they can distribute it to other browser and development tool vendors.