Thanks for replying to the thread I created on the facebooktoolkit codeplex site entitled "Microsoft is ignoring .net developers" http://facebooktoolkit.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=52107

I wanted to expand my concerns beyond the poor support of the Facebook toolkit to Wordpress and similar advantages PHP has over .NET. First, let me make it clear that I love developing in .NET. I created Yappler.com on my own with 100% .NET backend. My issues are with the open source and other framework advantages PHP has over .NET and not the actual language itself.

When I looked to add a blog to Yappler.com the best option I had was blogengine.net. Though it’s a decent CMS it still pales in comparison to Wordpress. Now I'm looking at forums. YetAnotherForum.net is good but vbulletin is probably a better solution.

As a programmer how can I justify to a client .NET as a backend over PHP which offers a powerful CMS like Wordpress? Some concerns, like the slightly higher hosting fees for a windows server, can be addressed but when it comes down to being able to use Wordpress, Facebook, vbulletin forums software for about $140 and other cheap and powerful off the shelf solutions .NET is just a very distant second.

I’ve been using Visual Basic and C# for over 15 years. It saddens me to say that if I wasn’t a programmer myself and started a new business today there is no way I’d go with .NET. Please help me and other loyal .NET programmers catch up to the advantages of PHP.