I agree. Behind the OO curtain lies a bunch of functions. I have made and used them, but always with my code running behind the scenes. I work 99% in Windows - How much simpler could this function be? function -> SEND_EMAIL(STRUCTURE)

My favorite part is when the schema doesn't work. XML - Another solution in search of a problem.

I would first say to my self "what are we actually trying to accomplish?" A lot had changed in 7 years and there may be other ways to get the job done. For example I have a client that had a full e-commerce site that switched to etsy, her sales have only gone up. I would suspect your SQL Server tables and procedures etc should be just fine on new hardware. For all the excitement of the past 10 years the basics of web development are still the same. POST and GET still do the same things.

works the same. What do these programs do? Who will be using them? A few internal users or public website?