I gotta go with ASP.NET. I've come to love the platform, it's OO interface, and the fact that it isn't like a sleezy java interpreter, but more like a translator.

Oh and they are working on .NET for linux platforms, and it's free (I believe).

What's also every so awesome about .NET (from the windows side) is you can write C# code, and if you need to, use DLL exports to do anything in the windows environment. (But I don't know the PHP side of the whole thing).

As for cost..... It costs money to make money. Plain and simple. That's why Microsoft has gotta charge, and that's why people gotta pay.

Plus, .NET runtime is distributed with Windows. Well, I guess you could say they did the same with VB back in the day.

Plus, .NET has made a step forward in terms of authentication and security, providing login access and roles at the machine level. It wraps itself right around the Windows Authentication system itself (although you don't have to do it that way). I'm guessing the PHP side COULD be working with logins and stuff for *nix's. Don't really know.

I guess I just have grown to love .NET. It's a lot more nicer than MFC

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