fixed, thanks. It depends on the context. Again, if you are doing tight integration with other MS/Windows apps, .NET has a distinct advantage. And, in that cas

fixed, thanks. It depends on the context. Again, if you are doing tight integration with other MS/Windows apps, .NET has a distinct advantage. And, in that case, I would probably say that C# is the best possible solution. Java, which I'm not a fan of, has obvious advantages because of the size of tooling and community. It's also cross platform (which, again, may or may not be a big deal) while having good performance. More broadly, the JVM has those same advantages, plus distinct languages. I'm a fan of dynamic languages. I think Python and Ruby are the best choice for what a lot of people are doing, especially on the web. Python obviously has a lot going for it in the scientific and research community. I'm a former ASP.NET MVP, for what very little that's worth. For building websites, ASP.NET (WebForms, or MVC), is not a productive choice. I'd rather build something in PHP.