Excellently put, bmicallef. I remember doing a consultancy with some potential clients at my old work place, when asked which programming language they'd prefer, they almost immediately responded with "ASP!". I was taken back a little by this, but determined to get to the bottom of it I politely and inquisitively asked as to why they were so intent on ASP. Their response was unsurprisingly a combination of the points made above.

Needless to say, before the end of the consultancy, they were over the moon that I'd showed them what PHP can offer them, and by saving money them money as well, we got a bonus at the end of the project.

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