Not really. If startups thought .Net was the better answer they would use it. I released my first .Net based application when .Net was at version 1.1. I've dev

Not really. If startups thought .Net was the better answer they would use it. I released my first .Net based application when .Net was at version 1.1. I've developed with it consistently since then. I'm getting ready to release a new SaaS type application in the first half of 2012. It will be based on an open stack. If I had based it on .Net I would most likely be in production now given the advantages of my background. I would have loved to use Azure as a platform but I had one problem with it. I could not figure out what the cost would be at different usage points. Microsoft has transferred their licensing labyrinth from the Enterprise to the cloud. BizSpark allows Microsoft to claim that their stack costs the same a FOSS stack but their claim is disingenuous. Once you get past the BizSpark time limit there is a vast nothingness available to software companies looking to plan their future in the cloud on .Net.