www.getafreelancer.com www.guru.com www.scriptlance.com i think The only problem is its mainly outsourcing to 3rd world countries The typical projects go by the way of I want a site like myspace that can handle 10 millions of people and I want it with no bugs And only have a budget of 500 dollars, Its all a bit of a joke. But sometimes you can lucky with people after quality products. Picked up a few extra bucks from small quick projects. Best way to do freelance is to get your name out there, try writing articles, doing opensource products which might be of interest. Participate in .net communities and work groups:sigh:;P Cameron Singe csinge@gmail.com

I agree A server is as secure as you make it, people running both windows or linux can still experience of security problems, it comes down the practices of the system admin. Also on another note, i think people miss the point with MYSQL, its just another RDMS there is no majour difference, just sutle ones. Minus the IDE support you get with VS and the MS SQL Server Interface (For common uses anways :) )

Hey mate, Have you considered Joombla its an awsome of CMS and its free and Although I am a .Net person, I still recommend using it. Also any one who isn't computing-challenged can set them up, there isn't much programming invloved unless you decided to build your own modules. And most likey some else has built a module to your likings. Also like some other guys have mention, PHP and MYSQL have their benfits, they are completely free however the CASE tools might be lacking in some areas, PHP is still a really useful language and would widen your skills as a developer. Furthermore Considering most langauges are similar, PHP isn't that much of a leap, if you have experinence with a any oop, javascript or bash scripting. Perferably a bit of everything :)