Choose 'better' or more familiar technologies for a new project?

Question

I am looking to start work on a brand-new project, something I\'ve been thinking about for a while as my first independent sellable project. It\'s broadly speaking a web-based s

Answer 1

It depends what the customer wants (in the world of consultancy). You have to learn new technologies. Does the customer wants to pay for that?

Not all the caveats of the new ones are known, whereas the older ones are proven a lot more.

Of course, if everybody thought like this we would all be stuck with VB these days. You have to look for the right balance, and learn a lot yourself too so you can get an objective view on the technologies available, their up and downsides.