I honestly wanted to give .NET a try. I built a machine and installed Windows Server on it. I knew that Ruby/Python have scalability hurdles to overcome if things were to take off. So I felt .NET vs. Java was the way to go.
Ultimately, the .NET toolset is just not as flexible. If you want to do anything outside of its intended use cases, it requires so much extra work and code. What took me a weeks worth of time took me 1/2 a day in Rails for example.
It looks like people at Microsoft are listening in a way by embracing Javascript. I'd be really interested to see where their nodejs effort ends up in a year.
Ultimately, the .NET toolset is just not as flexible. If you want to do anything outside of its intended use cases, it requires so much extra work and code. What took me a weeks worth of time took me 1/2 a day in Rails for example.
It looks like people at Microsoft are listening in a way by embracing Javascript. I'd be really interested to see where their nodejs effort ends up in a year.