Archlinux - Visual Studio 10 or 11 - Work, Do I have to switch?

Dear Archlinux,
I am currently using Archlinux for my main laptop, handles all my website development with ease. I was just hired for a new job developing software for windows and I am really excited to get started until I found out they will be using Visual Studio 10 for development of the software as they would like to use C# for integration with quick books. As I am on the team of programmers I need to use Visual Studio for development and would like to work at home over SVN for most of the project. However I cant find any resources saying that Visual Studio would work on linux at all.
I realize that compiling the software would require windows as there's no guarantee that it would work in wine.
What are my options? Do I have to switch back to windows?

Since the programming output isn't likely to be graphically intense you should be able to have a Windows guest in a Virtual Machine such as VirtualBox or VMWare.  VirtualBox is free.  You will however need to have a legal license for the guest operating system.  Once you do have one, just install it as a guest then in that full Windows installation install whichever programs you require.  Employment trumps ideology here: if a Virtual Machine doesn't work out then you should either get a second machine or dual-boot with Windows for the income you, and everyone, needs.
Mono is an alternative to C# on Linux but you will very likely always run into "edge-cases" so that is just not pragmatic.  If it was just yourself working as a hobby or intending to deploy to Mono on Linux then that wouldn't be an issue.
Also, Mono would not integrate with QuickBooks.  Recent versions of WINE have started to support the .Net framework but overall compatibility and stability is likely not there yet for your intended use.
Last edited by headkase (2012-05-31 00:03:05)

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