Let's look at this same idea in a different context: I've got a car, a motorcycle and a bicycle. Sometimes I take a taxi or even the bus. They are all ways of getting me from point A to point B and therefore competing technologies.

Is there a conflict in owning and using multiple modes of transport? No way; the goal is the thing, not the tool. I use the tool which best suits my mood and needs at that particular time. Why should my computing environment be any different?

So what's the best platform to use? Why, the one that does what you want, silly.

Any more questions?

Ric Shreves is a partner in Water&Stone, a firm specializing in open source content management systems. He speaks and writes frequently on the subject of Internet technologies in general and on open source in particular. Contact him at ric@waterandstone.com