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Area
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LAMP
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ASP.NET
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J2EE
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Licensing cost
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No licensing cost
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Expensive licensing cost
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No licensing cost
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Support options and cost
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Free support via community
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Paid support options available
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Free support via community
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Paid support options available
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Free support via community
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Paid support options available
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Platform(s)
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Multiple
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Windows only
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Multiple
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Hardware
Costs
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Runs on very inexpensive servers
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Requires slightly more expensive servers
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Requires expensive servers
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Staffing
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Somewhat difficult to find qualified people
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Very easy to find qualified people
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Reasonably easy to find qualified people
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External Hosting
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Widely available and inexpensive
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Widely available, but more expensive
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Not widely available
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Security
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Very good
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Historically very bad, but improved recently
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Good
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Performance
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Very good
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Often requires more expensive hardware to perform well
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Often requires substantial configuration and expensive hardware
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Scalability
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Scales very well
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Can be difficult to scale
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Scales well when configured properly
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Administration
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Difficult: Often requires reading documentation and editing
text files
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Easy: Often can be done through point and click interface
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Moderate: Sometimes can be done visually
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Configuration
ease of use
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Can be difficult to configure properly
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Easy to configure
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Moderately difficult to configure
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Configuration flexibility
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Extremely flexible
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Not very flexible
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Moderately flexible
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Framework(s)
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Many available – often difficult to choose
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One standardized framework
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One standardized framework
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Components
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Widely available
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Widely available
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Widely available
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Compatibility
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Very good: New versions usually backwards-compatible
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Moderate: New versions often break functionality
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Bad: Many problems between old and new versions
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