>>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>Can't fix a personal problem here.

Wasn't there something with not broken - not fix?
No need to fix - no problem. Just matter of fact. I have to dicede what to do next. Customer may have own opinion - then I do not need to deal with the decision. If the decision is mine - no MS;
not as OS; not as Lang; no Office; no whatever.

Just kidding