Setting up a forum

[WBHoenig]

It's not that they like it better. It's not even that one is easier to code for than the other, or that help is more readily available for either one...it's about the same for both. It's just that PHP/MySQL are more readily available to people. Developing for ASP.NET will require that you have a Windows Server at your disposal...and it'll require your customers have the same. When you go looking for a hosting company their servers are usually running either some flavor or Linux or FreeBSD. While it's true that there are .NET binaries for BSD (not sure about Linux), most hosting providers don't have them installed.

Good point.

One I have recently taken a liking to is Simple Machines Forum(SMF). It has nearly all the features of IPB and vBulletin, and I absolutly love the automatic mod-installer.