I am considering learning Java or .NET programming, but would like to
know what may be any significant advantages or disadvantages of each.
For instance, I would like to develop online applications to function
like desktop applications, especially a word processor.  I know PHP,
but do not know how I would develop online word processing with it.  I
am thinking Java may have an advantage by being supported in most
browsers, since the software for word processing may have to be
executed client side.  There may be no way to do this with .NET in
some browsers.  Can anyone give me a clue about doing this in Java,
and any advantages of Java over .NET in general?  Thanks for any
replies.