>"But most importantly, because the customer doesn't give a darn. My clients don't care what I'm based on as long as it works. So when choosing a platform for y

>"But most importantly, because the customer doesn't give a darn. My clients don't care what I'm based on as long as it works. So when choosing a platform for your great idea - just go with whatever platform you're comfortable with and start hacking, stop wasting time." This is really the best advise. What you actually use is less important than you being comfortable with using it (assuming it is not something totally bonkers). The customers want results, they don't care if you wrote it in Ruby or .net. They won't know the difference anyway.