Well Linux can also run many Windows applications too if you want or must go in that direction. Don't forget that with a little WINE you can grow quite a vine of Windows apps too.

http://www.winehq.com/
 
The LAMP spoken of also works the other way too as I've run it myself in the past too and it works great. So, you can support if either way you want really.

WAMP Windows+Apache+MySQL+Perl

 
Bottom line - both platforms support running the tools/applications you speak of SWK.