Barring very specific cases, the language you select isn't going to determine your success in a strict sense. You and your team need to be well versed in whatever it is you end up selecting.
That all said, if you don't know .NET or Rails or Ruby or whatever - you're probably better off selecting something that won't cost you money right from the start...
There are programs that MS has to temporarily offset these costs, as others mentioned. Check out www.microsoft.com/bizspark/
That all said, if you don't know .NET or Rails or Ruby or whatever - you're probably better off selecting something that won't cost you money right from the start...
There are programs that MS has to temporarily offset these costs, as others mentioned. Check out www.microsoft.com/bizspark/
(You/others may also be interested in http://www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/ and https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx)