ASP.NET vs PHP
It's been a while since I have looked at any PHP so I am unable to offer any lucid commentary regarding the ASP.NET vs. PHP debate (originally sponsored by Oracle and Sean Hull) currently taking place on Bertrand Le Roy's blog ("Some comments on Oracle's comparison of PHP and ASP.NET).
Bertand's counter point blog entry is nicely crafted to carefully discuss the various points made by Sean. Even though Bertand works for Microsoft his criticisms of the original article are definitely worth reading -- if for no other reason than to be shocked by some of the seemingly ludicrous comments made by Sean (a senior consultant at his firm!).
PHP and traditional ASP shine in one area primarily -- they're relatively easy to dabble in and still be rewarded (being interpreted and not compiled especially). I'm not sure if ASP.NET 1.1 is really for the dabbler web developer (or blog user). For a lot of people, they don't need a powerful object oriented development system (something PHP 5 seems to tout quite a lot) -- they just want something beyond a basic static web system.
