Which is best to learn c#.Net or vb.Net and how about job openings for .Net?

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Which is best to learn c#.Net or vb.Net and how about job openings for .Net?
.net seems pretty hot, but I have a problem recommending a programming language that is proprietary and that doesn't have open standards like C/C++, Java, Python, Perl, etc. do.





Are you beginning as a programmer, or do you already have experience? If you are beginning, I recommend Python as it is easy to learn, very powerful and will give you a good introduction to programming concepts. There is also a version of Python that works with .Net called Iron Python.





I used to be a VB programmer myself. I couldn't stand it after a while. But that was before .Net. Since then my work has been in C/C++ and most recently, Python.





Web development seems to be heading towards Ruby and Python and away from Perl.





Java will be in demand for a while and a strong background in C/C++ can translate easily to other languages.





Learning VB.net and C# will pretty much guarantee that you will only be doing Windows development for the rest of your career. It will be difficult to branch out to Unix and Linux development later on, and both of those platforms will be around for a long time.
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