I think you're forgetting BizSpark here, which we were in: http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/ http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/ IMO, it has one of the best to

I think you're forgetting BizSpark here, which we were in: http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/ http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/ IMO, it has one of the best tooling sets of any platform out there (Visual Studio) which saves lots of programmer time and increases productivity. With BizSpark the initial cost argument is out...so how's that not pragmatic? I'm biased of course, but I think it worked out pretty well. Nick Craver - Stack Exchange Sysadmin & Developer