>> " still provides the dominant client platform (IE), and a very popular backend infrastructure (SQL + ASP.NET + CLR + ...)." For most startups I don't think

>> " still provides the dominant client platform (IE), and a very popular backend infrastructure (SQL + ASP.NET + CLR + ...)." For most startups I don't think they give ms backend a second thought. It's a no brainer to use free open source. Also, amongst webapps, IE is no longer the dominant client platform at all in my experience.