J2EE Vs .NET : Are major development shops moving to .NET?

I was introduced to CTO of a major company last week. He was inquiring about what I do. I told him I am a Software Engineer, and do a lot of development on Java/J2EE. Next thing I hear from him is "Meera, all the major development shops I know, and also my company are moving to .NET. You should also do so soon.".

I told him I wasn't aware of any such drastic changes in my company, nor had seen any such changes in the communities I visit. He kept arguing the same. As far as I am concerned I can never argue.

The reason he gave were as follows:

1. Java/J2EE developers are very expensive.
2. Hard to find the right person.
3. Development using Java/J2EE isn't trivial.
4. .NET on the other hand is very simple.

I did a lot of research on Sunday. Wasted almost an entire day trying to see if I can find anything at all to convince him. Nope, all the data and statistics I found were way old( almost from 2002).

I strongly believe that if your development shop is already committed to Java & J2EE, continue using that. On the other hand, if you are already using Microsoft technologies, than continue using that.

The next thing I had in my mind was to blog this and see what you all had to say.

Is your development shop switching to .NET? Have you heard from your friends that they are switching to .NET? I need your input. Please leave your comments and any references you have.

J2EE Vs .NET 主流开发已经转向了.NET？

上周我认识了一家大的公司的CTO，他问我是做什么的，我说是软件工程师，在Java/J2EE上做了不少开发。然后他说，“Meera，我所知道的所有的大的软件商包括我的公司都已经转到了.NET，你也应该这么做。”

       我告诉他我们公司并没有如此猛烈地转变，在我所去的技术社区里我也并未发现。他坚持他的观点，理由是：

1，  Java/J2EE开发者很贵；

2，  难以找到合适的人；

3，  使用Java/J2EE做开发价值不高；

4，  从另一方面来说.NET很简单

于是在周末我做了许多调查，花费整天时间来试图证明他的观点。遗憾的是，所有我找到的数据都比较老（最早也是2002年的）。

但是在我看来，如果你的开发和公司使用的是Java/J2EE，那就应当继续使用；如果使用的是微软的技术，也应技术坚持。而不是盲目地转向。

那么我想问的是，你的开发是Java/J2EE还是.NET？