"and btw how many hosts do support the .net strategy"
hmmmm,
first lets stop and look at how old it is to begin with....the Framework was finally released what...a month and a half ago...so my guess not many folks are using it just yet...
second any box running IIS 5.0 and an installed .NET Framework is ready to go.
I too have my MCSD....and MCSE & MCDBA Cakewalk!
last but not least .NET is REALLY hard to learn and will take years to figure it out...so your best bet is to stick with UNIX
