Just from reading you comment, reasons for using LAMP: 1. Your friends have 5 years experience using it, and want to stick with it. 2. You admit yourself that

Just from reading you comment, reasons for using LAMP: 1. Your friends have 5 years experience using it, and want to stick with it. 2. You admit yourself that you are not a coder these days, but more of a product guy. So why are you second-guessing your programmers when they appear to have more experience it this area than you? You will have to learn to trust them, or your partnership is doomed from the start. And now your reason for not using LAMP: 1. It's not cool enough (according to you). If I were in their shoes, I wouldn't be convinced by this argument either.