Ask HN: Is it okay to build a startup in ASP .NET?

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15 years ago

Silly question, but me and my co-founder are building a startup, and we're going to do our web app in ASP .NET simply as my co-founder is lightning fast at it.

We're pretty confident in our choice (80% of our business is going to be a mobile app anyway)...but it begs the question, why aren't there more startups that use ASP .NET?

What are the major drawbacks that dissuade hackers from developing in ASP .NET? Is it the cost? Performance issues? Frustrating development environment? Lack of a Hacker community? They didn't learn it in their CS courses? All of the above?

Reading pg's essay on what startups are really like (http://www.paulgraham.com/really.html), he doesn't mention choice of technology stack at all...would this be because the choice is not nearly as critical as the other aspects to startups?

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