Should I take a job developing Silverlight or ASP.NET MVC business applications?

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Published on 2010-03-12T02:26:39Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 2:27 UTC
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In a few months I need to decide whether to continue developing business applications using Silverlight, or take another opportunity developing business applications using ASP.NET MVC. The pay and conditions will be fairly similar.

What do you think the best long-term career choice is?

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