Date: Oct. 19, 2001
Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualj/jsharp/beta.asp
Source Author or Organization: Microsoft Corporation

This is the first release of a Microsoft Java environment since the settlement that ended distribution of Visual J++.

Visual J#  NET opens the world of  NET applications and Web services to programmers familiar with Java syntax and provides a migration path for J++ programmers. Developers have reported successful migration of existing Java projects to J# via a few modifications. J# applications do not run on a Java Virtual Machine. Visual Studio  NET (Beta2 or later) and Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional are required.