I can deploy JBoss applications by `mv`-ing .ear's around and I can deploy PHP applications by FTP-ing some files into a directory somewhere but it's not the fu

I can deploy JBoss applications by `mv`-ing .ear's around and I can deploy PHP applications by FTP-ing some files into a directory somewhere but it's not the full story. You can't deploy an asp.net app that has a database and other external dependencies on a clean install by just `xcopy`ing some files around.