Alittle here and a little there

Browsed throw Better, Faster, Lighter Programming in .NET and Java and I found it very interesting. Interesting to see all thoose java apps being ported to .net. Why? It .net more fun to code? Is it a better enviroment or is it just natural?

Also read a short pice on Mitch Kapor of Lotus fame over at oreilly in Inside Mitch Kapor's World.
Not to much info thiere.