13-06-2010, 08:07 PM
Yes, but if you want to stay employed where I am employed, you will learn .NET, in particular C#. Anyway, what about Mono, PHP and Java? Remember, I am a corporate programmer drone, working for an insurance company. The languages I learn and use are for the most part the ones that will allow me to continue to earn a living. As our COBOL systems get outsourced to India, it is knowledge of the languages I have been told are strategic to my employer that are the ones I will need to focus on. The professional in me learns .NET to survive. The hobbyist in me just loves using it, as well as PHP, Java,.......... But it is the need for professional survival that makes me get in there an make time to learn .NET (and get paid while I do it).