As the Sun vs. Microsoft battle over Java drags on, Windows developers wonder if it's time to write off J++ and adopt Microsoft's 'Java killer,' C#.

Microsoft and its allies make a quiet advance in pushing C#, a competitor to Java and a foundation for the company's next-generation Internet services. Written by Stephen Shankland, Contributor ...

Java is a software technology that allows a program to run on a multitude of computers without having to be rewritten for each one. Sun sued Microsoft for $35 million in 1997, saying Microsoft ...

Java inventor James Gosling says he isn't losing much sleep over Microsoft these days, despite the software giant's effort to stem Java's popularity with its own Java-like language.

Microsoft, which claims "We use more Java than one can imagine," is pumping up its Java push on several fronts, including promoting a bunch of guidance for using the popular programming language on ...

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced the availability of the first beta version of a new tool that will migrate Java code into C#, Microsoft's proprietary Java-like programming language.

The move, for an undisclosed sum, gives Microsoft instant Java credibility. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) experts at jClarity are also the primary force behind AdoptOpenJDK, a free vendor-neutral ...

Java and C# are both object-oriented languages heavily influenced by C++. Their syntax and features have a lot of similarities, although C# has more features because it is newer. But while both ...