I can see where the language and platform could have an affect on an acquisition. Both for ease of integration, and scalability. If you have a small app writt

I can see where the language and platform could have an affect on an acquisition. Both for ease of integration, and scalability. If you have a small app written in .NET, and an acquisition would suddenly increase your userbase by an order of magnitude or two, this could be a cause for worry to the acquirer. Also, as more and more web-based platforms are going to cloud computing architectures, ability to slide into a LAMP environment would reduce cost and make integration much easier (MHO only). I'm sure that much of this depends on the size of the company doing the acquisition. Google or Amazon probably have more overall resources and ability to deal with oddball platforms than a much smaller company, ex: if LinkedIn were to buy another social networking site based on .NET. Bottom line, everything matters. Language, office location, user base, founders, team, etc. However different things matter differently in each situation, so it's difficult to structure yourself for easy acquisition once you get much beyond the "3 founders in the basement" stage. So, work on building a strong company that can stand and scale on its own. Make smart decisions to the extent you can, and hope for the best.