Q&A: .NET or LAMP?

Dear Aunt Calamity:

I’m getting different opinions about which foundation I should use to build high performance web applications. Some people tell me .NET is the only way to go. Others recommend LAMP. What do you use?
- Graziano M., Calgary, Alberta, Canada


Dear Graziano:

Either will work, so choosing one probably will depend more on your comfort level than your needs. I personally prefer LAMP (Linux+Apache+MySQL+ Perl). However, like many open source stacks, it’s dependent on another critical, underlying layer which I call BLOCK: Ballpeen hammer+Luckies+Obscenities+Caffeine+Knowledgebases.
- Aunt Calamity, Technology Maven & Advice Columnist.

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