Is The Microsoft Stack Really More Expensive?

Re:Is The Microsoft Stack Really More Expensive? by desu on Monday September 07, 2009 @10:51AM (#809209)

Not to mention the subtle insinuation that the open source "freeware" is just a toy and everyone knows you have to pay for the real stuff.

I cannot imagine how Microsoft developers begin a project. "Today, I'm going to write this new web app to change the world! Right after I spend the day setting up Microsoft Team Studio and purchasing software licenses for every computer I plan to use!" How inspiring.

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Re:Is The Microsoft Stack Really More Expensive? by jasonkester on Monday September 07, 2009 @12:28PM (#809359)

You realize that you can use the same copy of Visual Studio twice, right?

As in "Today I'm going to write this new web app, as soon as I install Eclipse, Django and SVN" would sound just as silly. It's just development tools.

Oh, and for what it's worth, Microsoft will give you 15 seats worth of MSDN Universal for $400 if you tell them you're a small business. Per seat, the MS tools are the cheapest part of setting up a new dev box for me. (CodeSmith, ReSharper and Ants Profiler are the ones that hurt!)

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Re:Is The Microsoft Stack Really More Expensive? by desu on Monday September 07, 2009 @01:31PM (#809446)

I guess I just don't like integrated mega-software like "team studio". Give me some nice, loose tools that work together well. Git is all the collaboration tool I need.

And, for what it's worth, the open source community will give you unlimited seats worth of all the best web development software in the world for $0.00 :D

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