I went from Domino to Java to .NET and I have made up my mind on which platform can deliver faster and easier. My one caveat that I will throw out there is to be cautious of some of MS's shortcuts. AJAX.NET is horrendous and I have banned it from my teams toolkit. Using web services with jQuery simply works better and is WAY more scalable.
Also, beware the shortcut of embedding your logic/data-access code in your UI pages. You are better off developing your middle tier as a class library and having your UI pages use the library for its work. It allows for automated unit testing, and creates a higher level of code reusability.
I went from Domino to Java to .NET and I have made up my mind on which platform can deliver faster and easier. My one caveat that I will throw out there is to be cautious of some of MS's shortcuts. AJAX.NET is horrendous and I have banned it from my teams toolkit. Using web services with jQuery simply works better and is WAY more scalable.
Also, beware the shortcut of embedding your logic/data-access code in your UI pages. You are better off developing your middle tier as a class library and having your UI pages use the library for its work. It allows for automated unit testing, and creates a higher level of code reusability.