I’ve read and discussed this topic for a little over a year now. I was and still am your classic open source style of developer. I write PHP almost every chance I get (mostly for freelance work). But, when it comes down to it…the market where I live doesn’t bode well for the open source market. Right now the to hottest languages are Java and C# (as well as ASP.NET). I’ve looked long and hard for positions where I could do more PHP or Python or even Ruby. But the fact remains to hold true that more money is made (when you still want to ‘work for the man’) when you stick with Java or .NET. Now, I’ve recently switch to more .NET development…but this article is worth linking to:

Give .NET a Break

I love reading what those guys over at ParticleTree.com post up…so read some of their other stuff too…especially their Web App Autopsy post.

So, in all, the foot is placed on the table from the .NET side of things…and my passion still sits with the open source arena. To each his/her own I guess.