I moved from an msdn shop into a rails-based startup. I totally agree regarding the comments on winforms...I wrote an internal app with it and it is just not a

I moved from an msdn shop into a rails-based startup. I totally agree regarding the comments on winforms...I wrote an internal app with it and it is just not a great option. Rails has been great so far and I have three production projects and a couple more on the way running under it. Rails is continually moving but is not perfect for all situations by any means. I personally don't think I'd build an app using another language although I am interested in trying out some variations on rails like Merb (a more light weight web framework written in ruby) and also some of the other platform alternatives based on ruby such as jruby and ironruby (the .net implementation of ruby). As another option I've heard it said that ironpython the .net implementation of python is a pretty good language option for .net web apps as well. The thing that always held me back for web apps and MS is the server software...I am not a huge fan of paying licensing fees for server software when sooooo many great options are available open source.