[adammarkey]

While there may be a couple decisions that may be put on hold until this IBM / Sun thing is completed, I don't think the fundamental reasons behind choosing Java or .NET will change.

Java will still have the community, open libraries, and developer availability that will ensure it's viability in the market. IBM contributes to many great open source projects (Eclipse, Dojo foundation) because they understand the importance of a community of developers that don't pay license fees directly to them.