I dunno. I get confused, easily. Every few weeks something like this kicks around, I get tricked into saying something unfortunate (but true) about the MS development community, no one changes their mind and the process repeats.
I guess what I keep forgetting to ask is why should I ever consider using .NET for a server side application? I'm totally boggled as to why it's not just a redundant, expensive, risky idea compared to the legions of alternatives. That's very different than suggesting the language or platform is bad... They're not at all. In fact, I think they're great. I just don't understand what makes them worth the trade-offs that come along with signing up.
I guess what I keep forgetting to ask is why should I ever consider using .NET for a server side application? I'm totally boggled as to why it's not just a redundant, expensive, risky idea compared to the legions of alternatives. That's very different than suggesting the language or platform is bad... They're not at all. In fact, I think they're great. I just don't understand what makes them worth the trade-offs that come along with signing up.