Similarities between Java And .Net

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN JAVA AND .NET :

->  Both are Object oriented programming languages.
->Both use their own intermediate language. Java calls it as ―byte code and .NET
     calls it as ―MSIL code.
->  Both are platform independent.
-> Both support ―Garbage collection‖, which automatically clears the un-used
     memory.
->  Both offer better security features in their own style.
->  Both support Remoting.
->  Both support multi-threading.
->Both of these support to develop console applications, windows applications, web
     sites, web services etc.
->  Both support web related languages like Java Script, XML, CSS etc.
->  Both support the recent web development technology like AJAX.
->Both support to develop the applications for small devices like PDA‘s, mobile
     phones, smart phones etc.