Greg,
I believe your question assumed that you had already made the decision to
go for certification and was whether or not to move to Sun or Windows.  I'd
have to say that, of the 2 choices, Windows is a much safer move, if your
primary interest is staying employed.  Unless, of course, your current
employer is moving towards Sun and you don't want to change jobs and/or
location.  Face it folks, there are really only two main players in the
world of IT development now - IBM and Microsoft.  Notwithstanding, HP's
moves to grow, Sun's attempts to carve up the world of Java, and Larry's
efforts to recapture the power of the Oracle of 2,500 years ago (in Greece,
get it?) the two biggest fish in the sea are Big Blue and Big Bill's Blue.
Ergo, a career choice should probably involve one or both of them in some
fashion.  There are, of course, a lot of other more mundane considerations,
like what you enjoy doing, where you want to do it, what you're good at,
and how much you need to get paid.  But setting those aside, what they said
years ago about "nobody ever got fired by going with IBM" could be
paraphrased as "nodoby ever made a bad career choice by going IBM or
Microsoft".

Good luck and send me your resume when you're ready to move on.

Ken Kimbrough

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