The posts that using IE on Windows are totatly false.
Everytime I reinstall - I do a search, grab anyone of the hundreds of auto Apache/PHP installers available - done like five minutes later. Then I jog over tp httpd.conf - set it up the way I want.
I am sure the correct answer to the original question is which do you want to work with? Do you want the vast amount of powerful Microsoft tools available to you? Then you go with ASP. Do you want the tens of thousands open source scripts available to you, and a much more community orientied group of users? Then go with PHP.
They both work well, they both get the job done, though which one is better is going to be determined by what the job is.
Me I know so little about ASP I couldnt even tell you that it stands for Active Server Pages. I am very happy with PHP and Javascript - have found that there is basically nothing I can not make with the that, and maybe a little client side vbscript or wscript thrown in if I am trying to make something for a desktop.
Though as was mentioned above - if you have a type of code you are used to working with - stick with it. If you really know PHP and Javascript - you would know that there is bascially no difference between the two - makes using the two very simple - as long as you remember you are writing script and dont write your for look like - if ($i=0;$i<count($money);$i++)
Discovered that doesnt work will in javascript
