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Microsoft .NET vs Open Source (vs Oracle) - when to use each of them ?
Hi
Can anyone give me an *unbiased* perspective comparing Microsoft .NET vs. Open Source, (vs. Oracle)?
What are the strengths & weaknesses of each option?
And when would it be appropriate to use each to develop a website?
Background
The background is that we have spent about GBP 60 developing a custom-written e-Commerce system website, and we are thinking of getting it re-written from scratch. The current system uses Microsoft .NET 2.0; with C-Sharp coding; MS SQL Server (2000?); IIS webserver, Visual Source Safe, Microsoft Enterprise Library2.0 application block. But it has not been very cleverly written - and at least a partial re-write will be required.
It is thus tempting to re-write the whole thing from scratch. But which tools should we (i.e. our suppliers) use?
The word on the street is that Open Source is *gradually* catching up the Big Boys (e.g. Microsoft & Oracle).
But assuming that we can afford the license fees (which we can - just)
- what are the pros and cons?
I would particularly love to hear from anyone who regularly uses both Open Source and Microsoft...
With thanks
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
P.S. When responding, please can you declare any biases that you'd admit to!
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