[mcguire]

"The only thing I don't love about it is the vendor lock-in, but in reality this is a smaller problem for many applications than it seems."

I hate to suggest this, but write that statement down and put it somewhere you will find it when you're, say, 40. I've known a number of Microsoft-dedicated (and Apple-dedicated, for that matter) developers over the years, and I can't think of any right off-hand that are still programming.

[skrebbel]

I see what you're saying but I think you're mistaking me for a different type of programmer. I'm not at all Microsoft-dedicated. I know 5 languages very comfortably, and quite consciously choose C# when given the freedom, because I like it most. I strongly doubt this will remain the case, just like I doubted that I would stay on Ruby forever when that was what I spent my time hacking. Most projects I work on professionally are a mix of languages, usually at least (cross-platform) C++, C# and JavaScript.