# J2EE Development using Visual Studio .NET I thought [this was pretty interesting](http://www.mainsoft.com/news/press_releases/2004_02_16_02.html) - compiles MSIL into Java Bytecode so you can run C# or VB.NET (or any other . NET language I assume) on J2EE application servers. At first glance, the question qhich arises is 'why the hell would I want to do this?' but think about iot, large corps have huge investments in existing Sun etc... hardware which already has pretty expensive (usually £80k+) application servers. Anyway, the way I noticed this was [this link](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3491887.stm) from the [BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/) looks like there's a chance (though no proof at the moment) that [Mainsoft](http://www.mainsoft.com/) could be the source of the leak...shame if this impacted what looks like a really interesting product...anyway, here's the bit from the [BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/) [article](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3491887.stm): *In files found with the chunk of source code is information that points to Mainsoft engineers.* *Attention is focussing on a file called a "core dump" that is created during a crash and helps programmers work out what went wrong.* *Mainsoft said it would cooperate fully with the investigation into the leak.* *"Mainsoft takes Microsoft's and all our customers' security matters seriously, and we recognize the gravity of the situation," said Mike Gullard, chairman of Mainsoft.* *Experts say that a mention of Mainsoft in the code does not mean the company is the source of the leak.*