Thanks Danny. Yes this was very helpful. Some comments below:

>From a hosting standpoint, your client would need a decent Win2K or higher Web server with the .Net framework installed (and preferably a decent Win2K or higher SQL server as to not host both pieces on the same box)...

So it is possible to have a single Win 2K, XP Pro, or 2003 web server running both the web app using .NET and SQL server? Why is it preferrable to have a separate computer for the SQL server?

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>If the application uses Windows Forms, you can still deploy from a URL... However, each end, end user will have to have the .Net framework installed which is a little over 20 megs... A real pain in the rump...

We'd want to make it as easy as possible for the end user, so we won't use Windwos Forms. I would guess though that Microsoft would include the 20 MB .NET engine in its next OS, which would make it easier for end users (unless of course they are not using Windows, but that would be their own fault :) )

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>Yes, and many of them. Prices vary depending if you want shared hosting or dedicated hosting. Dedicated is much, much more expensive. Let me know if you need help locating hosting and I'll be more than happy to list out some different URLs...


Yes it would be helpful to see example hosts for .NET and SQL server. This will help me decide whether to go with shared hosting, dedicated hosting, or even hosting it ourselves!

Mon