the comparison says it all. 
from (http://otn.oracle.com/pub/articles/hull_asp.html )
Table 1
| PHP 4 | PHP 5 | ASP.NET | |
| Software price | free | free | free |
| Platform price | free | free | $$ |
| Speed | strong | strong | weak |
| Efficiency | strong | strong | weak |
| Security | strong | strong | strong |
| Platform | strong | strong | weak (IIS only) |
| Platform | any | any | win32 (IIS only) |
| Source available | yes | yes | no |
| Exceptions | no | yes | yes |
| OOP | weak | strong | strong |
Actually, ASP can be used on UNIX using verious porting softare (i.e. chilli asp) but not everything is supported and it’s quite expensive. Nonetheless, I still agree that PHP is the way of the future! Open source rocks!
Comment by Onlovin — 1/7/2005 @ 6:56 am
what about the cost? i mean is it free. i am sure the licensing fee is preety huge.
Comment by kayode muyibi — 1/7/2005 @ 12:12 pm