The ultimate intent of BizSpark is to get you locked into using the Microsoft stack, because chances are, by that time the free license expires in 3 years and y

The ultimate intent of BizSpark is to get you locked into using the Microsoft stack, because chances are, by that time the free license expires in 3 years and your application is a success, you won't migrate to another platform as easily. Not necessarily a good or bad plan, if you're set on using Microsoft technology anyway, you can save licensing costs for the first few years, and minimize some costs should your project not succeed. If you're just testing the waters as to which platform to use, BizSpark will tend to lead you towards incurring additional operational costs in form of Microsoft licensing fees.