Description: J2EE and .NET both offer Web services support. How do you decide which platform to use, and why it's best? by Eric Newcomer ADVERTISEMENT October 2002 Issue For this solution: Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) compliant application servers, Visual Studio .NET, ASP.NET, Web services, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Web Services Description Language (WSDL), Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) T he decade-old rivalry between Microsoft and Java development.