.Net

Take note... You may need more RAM if you want to upgrade to .Net "Some shops should plan for rising CPU and memory utilization as applications migrate to .Net. If you currently use Visual Basic or Java applications on your servers, migrating them to .Net should improve their performance and resource efficiency. Hardware requirements for services and applications currently written in C++ could take the biggest hit. The .Net framework supports C++ and gives developers the option of generating native code or IL. If the developer opts for IL, the C++ application's CPU and memory utilization will increase sharply." -- from Microsoft's .Net Impact, at www.javaworld.com