Blogger Publishes Top 13 reasons to CONSIDER the Microsoft platform for Web 2.0 development The blogger in question currently builds with LAMP, but he attended a Microsoft Technology Summit and was still high on the Microsoft "koolaid" when he wrote this. He says he learned a few things about Microsoft and Atlas... which he's now sharing. One thing that's not at all new to me is that Microsoft gives away its tools to developers... kind of like the proverbial "bad man" giving out candy to the kiddies from his car. If you have any doubts that this is what's going on, you're extremely naive and simply can't believe Microsoft could be such a flagrant lier. Do some research outside of the Microsoft sphere of influence, and you'll find plenty of evidence to the contrary. This is just Microsoft propaganda, which will be heating up as they realize that Atlas may not be leading the pack in this next wave of web development.