Renaming this to "We stick with PHP because it's what we know" would eliminate the need for most of the post. I'm not saying it isn't a valid point, I'm just giving a TL;DR.

The other two, less emphasized, points are: it isn't as stale as everyone thinks and you can be as [un]successful with it as anything else.

These are three very common and legitimate arguments. However, both sides of the language wars tend to see things in absolutes. Experience can be an asset, just like it can be a liability. The chance that you'll recognize your own experience as anything but an asset are slim to none.

Didn't get as much coverage, but there are also new ThinkPads this week: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/22/lenovo-trots-out-new-thin...

The 14" models look good: 30 hours (claimed) battery on the T420, 0.83" ultrathin T420s with discrete graphics.

Edit: Here's the official announcement, which took a bit of digging around to find: http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1421 . synacksynack has posted a good link now.

It's actually more like 33% chance. "Oh, wrong side. flip over Wrong again? Oh, I had it right the first time!"