I see some of the .net hate starting to seep into the corporate world as well. I work as a .net developer for a very large corporation and there is more and more talk of re-implementing production applications in Python. The perceived problem is poor code quality. It is an uphill battle to convince people that this problem is not going to be fixed by switching to Ruby if we continue to produce code by lowest bid.

I think there is a difference in .net developers and Ruby or Python developers. There is a much higher demand for .net developers so many people who had some aptitude for computers picked it up to get a job. Seems to me, people who went through the effort and sought out Ruby or Python take extra pride in the craft of programming. I would say there are just as many .net developers who care about the code they produce, but they are background noise in the sea of mediocre talents. The prospect of finding them in that sea is pretty daunting.