Just how good .NET is is up for debate but it's certainly not bad. I assume you'd be using C#, which as a language is essentially a better and more featureful J

Just how good .NET is is up for debate but it's certainly not bad. I assume you'd be using C#, which as a language is essentially a better and more featureful Java. As IDEs go, Visual Studio is nice, especially with C#. But more important than tool / OS concerns, are you excited about the actual product or service you'd be working on?