Thanks Thomas and Louis. This is the official release of the link we provided to you first this past Sunday.

Visual J#™ .NET is a development tool for Java-language developers who want to build applications and services on the .NET Framework. Visual J# .NET joins more than 20 previously announced languages with its ability to target the .NET Framework and first-class XML Web services. Visual J# .NET provides the easiest transition for Java developers into the world of XML Web services and dramatically improves the interoperability of Java-language programs with existing software written in a variety of other programming languages. Visual J# .NET enables Microsoft Visual J++ customers and other Java-language programmers to take advantage of existing investments in skills and code while fully exploiting the Microsoft platform today and into the future.

Visual J# .NET includes technology that enables customers to migrate Java-language investments to the .NET Framework. Existing applications developed with Visual J++ can be easily modified to execute on the .NET Framework, interoperate with other .NET-based languages and applications, and incorporate new .NET functionality such as ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and Windows Forms. Further, developers can use it to create entirely new .NET-based applications. Visual J# .NET provides: