"Use what you know" and "use what the people around you know" are at least pretty good answers to the question of what platform to use. Joel Spolsky had some i

"Use what you know" and "use what the people around you know" are at least pretty good answers to the question of what platform to use. Joel Spolsky had some interesting things to say here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/09/01.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/09/01.html