Joel Spolsky on How Microsoft Lost the API War:
Outside developers, who were never particularly happy with the complexity of Windows development, have defected from the Microsoft platform en-masse and are now developing for the web….
Much as I hate to say it, a huge chunk of developers have long since moved to the web and refuse to move back.
Good article. I recommend reading all of it, not just my highly selective snippets here.
quote from the article: "while typical Web programmers using managed code languages (Java, PHP, Perl, even ASP.NET) earn about $80,000 a year."
Is the cost of living really 4-5 times higher there (I would believe it) or should I move? :]
It’s pretty high there, I don’t know about 4-5 times higher, but definitely higher than here.