The Microsoft way
- Windows 2003 Server, Enterprise Edition: $3,999
- Visual Studio.NET, Enterprise Edition: $2,499 per developer
- SQL Server, Enterprise Edition: $19,999 per processor
- Programming in an outdated, insecure, hard to use environment: priceless.
The Linux way
- Debian Linux: free
- Apache 2.0: free
- PostgreSQL: free
- Perl/PHP/Python: free
- Programing in a fun, modern, secure environment: priceless.