title: PHP + SQL Server or VB.NET + MySQL
body: <p>Can someone suggest that out of the two mentioned (odd?) combinations, which is less odd, or in other words, is less trouble to work with + maintain.</p>
  
  <p>If it helps, the system is going to have two front-ends - one web application and one desktop application. The desktop application is going to be coded using VB.NET, and the web application in PHP. There's really no reason why the desktop application can't be replaced by a web application as well - except that one of the programmers seem to really want to code it in VB.... However, none of us have experience working with either of these pairs (you could easily call us n00bs), so we are a bit apprehensive to start.</p>
  
  <p>P.S. hosting service will be gotten from some provider and not be on the client's own server.</p>