I noticed an interesting change in several .NETters, some time ago, their preach was about "The best tool for the job", now this is the second time someone defends .NET by saying it was the client's choice.

Now, if you (not as in you Perry, but a generic you) are a consultant, I would think you "give professional advice or services", as such, shouldn't you advice your client about which one is the best tool for the job? Sometimes it might be .NET, sometimes it might not be it, but if you need to "support whatever tools your client want to use", aren't you (again, not talking about you) just a glorified programmer?


>When you work as a consultant, such as Kevin or I and many, many others here, you must learn to support whatever tools your clients want to use. If 80% of the clients in your area require dotnet developers, you have 2 choices, learn dotnet or find another career.