I cannot do it myself since I am a modest Perl user.

Is there a law against a modest Perl user learning another technology to see which is better for their own purpose? I don't think you should leave that decision up to anyone else. If you can take the time to learn them, (or just install/configure them at the least) maybe you can get personal insight as to which is better.

Ask a Windows guy if unix or Windows is better, and they'll say Windows. Then ask them how many times they've used unix, and they might say 'Oh I couldn't get it installed'. (Yes, that's happened to me) So you can't assume that another person's opinion or experience isn't biased in some way.