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seiji 17y

It's an abomination on so many levels.

tptacek 17y

Hey, everyone, let's use this content-free comment to vote on how much we like ASP.NET!

axod 17y

Take a look at the html source and see if you think it's an abomination.

scott_s 17y

I don't. Why should I?

Also, you may want to peek at the HN HTML source.

jwilliams 17y

.. At least they didn't use Visual SourceSafe.

aschobel 17y

If your team is comfortable with Microsoft's stack, why force them to learn Java/python?

Well, they other options are open. So it might make sense. :P

kschrader 17y

Microsoft's stack adds a not-insignificant cost to a 3-4 person bootstrapped startup's budget.

Up to you whether or not you're getting enough of a productivity gain to justify it.

utnick 17y

Visual studio express editions are free and a windows vps is cheap.

Even if you decide to spring for the full developer licenses you are looking at less than a week of a developers salary for some really good tools.

anthonyrubin 17y

During one of the podcasts I believe Jeff stated that he was able to get free copies of the most expensive version of Visual Studio from a friend at MS.

anthonyrubin 17y

How much would SQL Server licenses cost?

icey 17y

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt:

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/express/default.mspx

aschobel 17y

If you are a startup you can probably get Microsoft's software for free.

Talk to one of their technology evangelists, they love seeing cutting edge companies building their business on MS.

Anand Iyer, http://blogs.msdn.com/aniyer/, can point you in the right direction.

michaelneale 17y

Jeff Attwood and co that built it are used to .Net/MS/Visual Studio development, so for them the cost was probably small compared to the cost of switching stacks + tools.

danw 17y

The MS stack also has lots of good tools which can help speed up development.

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