You just made the exact opposite argument of Paul Graham's "Blub" article:

http://paulgraham.com/avg.html

The "Blub Paradox" argues you should hire developers using the most productive tools, even if those tools are unpopular, because that naturally selects for the best developers.

You are arguing that you should hire the developers using the least productive tools, because if they can get anything working at all with those tools, they must be pretty talented.