I will say that .net certainly has been beating java in the propaganda war for several years!
.net gets your whites whiter! your brights brighter! it'll even make julian fries!
But that's not all . . . if you order in the next 15 minuts . . .
Hey, for some people that kind of stuff is persuasive. What ever floats your boat. .net, Java, it's all flavors. I like mine, you like yours. .net will have a future, because marketing does work. Will it dominate? Will it live up to the promises? That remains to be seen.
Java is the right solution for the problems facing me.
But YMMV.
I agree that everyone's needs are different and you can choose any environment you want to code in but please don't say that .NET is merely marketing.
.NET is well thought out and I would venture I can smoke any Java app in pure speed tests head-to-head. Dislike it but it is very real and very deep. I am building commercial products that can be sold at your local CompUSA. As far as I know, I haven't seen any Java programs there even though Java has been around for a long time.