Same Dev Tools/Language/Framework For Everyone?

AC writes "Upper management of the company I work at recently declared that all new development should be done with a single combination of development tools, language, and framework. The main rationale is that people can be relocated from one group / project to another faster, because they don't need to learn a new environment when they switch. Of course the chosen language / framework used by everybody does not need to be the best tool for the job, but it should be good enough to allow every project to get done. What does Slashdot think about this? Is it OK to use the same development tools and language for every project, instead of choosing what fits best? Will the time saved be sufficient to offset the time lost to the 'not the best tool for the job' environment developers will be forced to use?"

Comments

Re:It's dumb.

[fishbowl]

>27 years experience and I've heard this idea before. It is dumb.

And you are (hopefully) not one of those people who refers to "upper management" as "them."
At the very least, you are (hopefully) willing and able to say "it's dumb" in the language
that "upper management" understands, and they (hopefully), understand the reason they pay you
is for the expertise to know when and how to say "it's dumb."