The thing is the whole LAMP movement was interesting. However at the end of the day it's what the client pays for or what your employer values in skills that determine what solutions you use. The fact is if you look on job sites the majority of work is for .Net work. So, while in theory Open Source movements like LAMP sound great they don't pay the bills and unless your independently wealthy your best off to stick with the mainstream. I've even seen Java take a back seat to .Net. While the beginning of the 2000's saw a large demand for Java developers I now see less and less demand there and an increasing demand for .Net. It's almost seems like everyone went away from Micro$oft for a few years to see if the grass was greener and then they all decided to come back.
The thing is the whole LAMP movement was interesting. However at the end of the day it's what the client pays for or what your employer values in skills that determine what solutions you use. The fact is if you look on job sites the majority of work is for .Net work. So, while in theory Open Source movements like LAMP sound great they don't pay the bills and unless your independently wealthy your best off to stick with the mainstream. I've even seen Java take a back seat to .Net. While the beginning of the 2000's saw a large demand for Java developers I now see less and less demand there and an increasing demand for .Net. It's almost seems like everyone went away from Micro$oft for a few years to see if the grass was greener and then they all decided to come back.