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>>.NET Web Hosting is so expensive merely due to the SQLServer Database that they use. I am having a difficulty deciding on what platform I could use to build a B2B Web application. I already transferred the hosting of our one site to HostMonster.Com because it's cheap with unlimited data storage. It is not advisable for us here to host a website because of technical considerations like for instance hardware infrastructure, broadband connectivity problems, and many more. I am still in a period of venturing on other platform other than MS and one them is PHP and MySQL combined.
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>That is the same reason I looked into it a year or so ago. Problem for me was I didn't want to invest (again) into a technology that wasn't mainstream.

You mean MySQL and PHP are not mainstream products or technologies? Or you mean something else?

> I am a novel CNE and many installations were replaced in favor of Microsoft just because it was Microsoft regardless of how good Novel was. Anyway good luck to you I see Stuart has volunteered to provide a DataAccess Object. If you can use the Business Layer Generator against something else like he suggests to create your objects and then just change your settings back to MySQL.

Are you saying novell? I have nothing against Microsoft products. They are good but not superior enough IMO. I've seen products done in other platforms - mostly open source - and I could say they're even more excellent. The advantage of MS is that they have all the money needed to hype and preach about their products. Nonetheless, we are not here to abandone MS tech. We are just trying to see the other side of the coin.

>Oh, I moved all my hosting domains except one over to WebHostForASP.Net as it includes a MSSQL Database. I have three different websites under one account so it works out for me just fine and I didn't think it was too expensive. You might give it a look.