Nant or MSBuild, which one to choose and when?

Posted by Yordan Pavlov on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Yordan Pavlov
Published on 2009-01-24T15:39:24Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 18:21 UTC
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I am aware there are other nant and msbuild related questions on stack overflow, but I could not find a direct comparison between the two and so here is the question.

When should one choose Nant over MSBuild? Which one is better for what? Is Nant more suitable for home/open source projects and MSBuild for work projects? What is your experience with any of the two?

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