A lot of businesses use Microsoft platforms, and make a hell of a lot of money doing so.
Not to mention that Microsoft has come a long, long way since VB6 -- C# is a respectable language, ASP.NET MVC works pretty damn well (it powers Stack Overflow), and many of their lightweight dev products (SQL Server Express) are free-as-in-beer.
I may be a Unix guy, but I've still got a healthy amount of respect for what you can do on the Windows platform, even though it's not as 'cool' as an iPhone, Rails, or whatever-else-is-popular-right-now.
Not to mention that Microsoft has come a long, long way since VB6 -- C# is a respectable language, ASP.NET MVC works pretty damn well (it powers Stack Overflow), and many of their lightweight dev products (SQL Server Express) are free-as-in-beer.
I may be a Unix guy, but I've still got a healthy amount of respect for what you can do on the Windows platform, even though it's not as 'cool' as an iPhone, Rails, or whatever-else-is-popular-right-now.