[mack73]

A strong dev team will shine on any platform and in any language. A weak dev team, given the right tools, can at least be productive. Which is why business people who build business and need devs often settle on .net. Microsoft learned long ago how to cater for the needs of these weak teams.

Are there lots of weak tems on .net? Sure, I would argue that is true.

> you can't be a good .NET developer

Really? That is Rob's conslusion? That's laughable. The best programmers I know are extremely strong .net developers. I'm no Jon Skeet but I personaly view myself as a 7-8 (out of ten) irregardless of platform.

If you identify with the platform you're on you are doing it wrong.