ASP.NET
I don’t like Microsoft’s crap. Never have, quite likely never will. I read a couple of flame wars today over ASP.NET vs PHP, which were pointless and ugly. Mostly “real programmers use X, kiddies use y” kind of stuff. Really, it all comes down to what tool you want (or have) to use. I don’t like windows servers. I don’t like the point and click administration interfaces. I like the idea of open source software. I want to run on linux servers.
I have noticed that when I’ve been working with front page all day I feel grouchy at the end of the day. When I’m using dreamweaver/ultraedit all day I feel good. I don’t have any more reasons that to avoid microsoft. Of course, at work its asp.net and front page server extensions all the way. Which is life in the big city.

October 21st, 2005 10:34
I don’t know much about dreamweaver, but for me it was a matter of elegancy and control. Unix interfaces are simple and easy to progam in and you have a lot of control over your programming environment.