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Re:Why I went with them and not you: feedback to an interviewer by billybob on Saturday April 02, 2011 @08:07AM (#2399757)
Yes, but .NET is a Microsoft platform. Are there any non-Microsoft-specific platforms for which Windows is the best development environment? Because the majority of languages, frameworks, etc in the world are not made by Microsoft.
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Re:Why I went with them and not you: feedback to an interviewer by cnkeller on Sunday April 03, 2011 @12:14AM (#2401784)
That's impossible to answer, because the definition of best is completely subjective.

Best is what works for you in whatever role you happen to be in. I know people using windows coding in RoR, Python, Java, etc with a high degree of efficiency. I know others who are doing the same thing on Linux and OS X. It works for them.

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