It's a shame that they don't offer Windows as an OS and don't plan to. http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/2536799-can-i-

It's a shame that they don't offer Windows as an OS and don't plan to. http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/2536799-can-i-deploy-windows- http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocea... I did some testing of .NET on Windows vs mono on Linux and unfortunately mono is just too slow. For the money saved on licenses more would have to be spent on hardware. Licensing is a pain though. Working out what you need and how to pay is non-trivial.