>Look at the capabilities that are included in current .NET and Visual Studio. Look at some of the classes in the .NET framework (just a small subset - it would take decades to go through them all). It is so far ahead of any other development it is not even funny.
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>I get a kick anytime we get a new developer in here who has used primarily java or PHP previously. Sit them down in Visual Studio for a day and they're converted.

Don't try to convert me. Will not work. 0 times whatever will stuck to 0. The problem is simply that I will go away from MS. I feel ashamed for more than a decade for using a MS language what, in my POV, is allways second class. Just for non portability. Just for MS way to block every development. Just for poor clumsy work.

Not all on MS is that bad. They do better hardware then others. MS mouse was fine, and they have a nice HD Webcam now. But thats it.