It’s the first day of work at Objectware and most of the day wasted away with routine installation tasks and system configuration. On the J2EE end, I installed and configured Resin, and wrote a quick JSP page to make sure that everything was up to snuff. Works every time.

But since we’re a multiplatform development shop, it seems that I’ll also be doing a fair amount of Microsoft .NET development, primarily with ASP.NET in conjunction with Microsoft SQL Server, and my personal enemy, Visual SourceSafe. It also gives me a great excuse to attend the upcoming Atlanta .NET User Group, and might help me understand just what the heck Michael is talking about all the time.

Being a huge open source advocate, you’d think that I’d somehow be upset with this decision. I’m not. And to be perfectly honest, it doesn’t really matter to me any more. When you’re working at the Enterprise level like I am, you’re always selling out to someone. Whether it’s Microsoft, Sun, Oracle, or even Red Hat is completely irrelevant. As long as our major clients are willing to dish out the dough, I’m perfectly happy to program in whatever environment they want me to. And though I hate to admit it, there’s a dark side to me that’s really looking forward to trying out all the great features I’ve always been reading about in Microsoft Visual C#.