Bonnie
Since you ask, I'd have to say that this month, West-Wind is still a great deal easier than dotNET for many/most sorts of web work. If dotNET is the "best" then that must be decided on some other grounds than ease of use or productivity.
I say "this month" because some mighty smart people out there know this as well as I do and intend to make $ out of the gap ASAP.
Regards
JR
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1