[Mr. Jeeves]

I'd say from ASP to ASP.NET using C# is a far shorter transition period that moving to Java, leveraging existing ASP knowledge.

Absolutely correct. I had an application that took me eight weeks to code and test in ASP.

Converting it to ASP.NET took eight hours.

Rewriting the whole thing in Java would have taken at least two weeks, maybe longer.

[Dominic Harr]

Converting it to ASP.NET took eight hours.

Interesting. May I ask what sort of app?

[Dominic Harr]

Absolutely correct. I had an application that took me eight weeks to code and test in ASP.
Converting it to ASP.NET took eight hours.
Rewriting the whole thing in Java would have taken at least two weeks, maybe longer.

Um, I don't mean to be cheeky, really, but correct me if I'm wrong -- it sounds like perhaps you would have saved yourself 75% of your bosses time and money if you had just done it in Java to begin with?

Altho, from your description of the app, it would have taken you about 3-4 days in Java. That's one servlet. Or am I mistaken?

I honestly don't mean to be dense, if I'm missing something. It's just an odd thing you said.