"Their 'war with Java' is over," he said.
So it was perhaps not surprising that in the midst of the controversy over the viability of the Java EE platform, Prashant Sridharan, group product manger of Visual Studio at Microsoft, said, "I don't like to comment on competitors directly. I like to take the high road."
DeMichellie said this is a good public relations strategy, following the old political advice to stay out of the way when your opponent appears to be on a self-destructive path.