Why java?

[Anton Sotnikov]

Hello everyone!
I suppose that everyone candidate got a same question into interviews about why are you using java technologies not dot.net delphi end e.t.c
Would be better for me to know you answers, or just explanations, metions.
Thank you.

[fred rosenberger]

IMHO, you should use the right tool for the right job.

Try writing a .net program to run on an AIX server - it won't work.

[Anton Sotnikov]

Try writing a .net program to run on an AIX server - it won't work.

is it possible generaly to run .net project into bash/sh/etc?

[Jesper de Jong]

.NET is a Microsoft technology. Microsoft ofcourse created .NET to run on Windows, and not on any other operating system.

There are alternative implementations of .NET, such as Mono, which run also on other operating systems than Windows. However, they are not up-to-date with the latest version of Microsoft's .NET, don't have all the features, and ofcourse you will not get commercial support for it by Microsoft - which makes it less interesting for companies to use this for any serious piece of business software.

Java is cross-platform, it runs on many different operating systems, and is officially supported on many different operating systems.

However, if an interviewer asks you this question, then why don't you simply answer why you chose Java? What were your personal reasons to learn Java?

This question is really a matter of opinion and personal preference, there is no single correct answer that an interviewer wants to hear from you.

[Anton Sotnikov]

I found:
+ cross-platform
+ don't have badluck for non appropriate hardware such as aix, solaris,
+ good syntax
+ support a lot of frameworks: jasper, servlets, hybernate etc
what is yet else ?

[Henry Wong]

Are you really getting questions regarding why Java versus .NET during an interview? Meaning why Java and not .NET? What would be the purpose of that? Why would the company care how much Java Kool-Aid did you drink?


IMO, the reason to discuss such a topic ... is when the company is both Java and .NET, and is expecting you to know both. So, the comparison would be at a more detailed level, than an overall "why one is better" level.

Henry