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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Ruby on Rails doesnt scale? 37signals repopularised Ruby this way, and last.fm These are Java (from Sun),NET (from Microsoft), and three Open Source options: PHP, Python and Ruby. Hiring a good team of PHP developers is neither likely nor easy for the non-technical. PHP is insecure? have been beavering away with Haskell.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. I need money for the servers. No raising money. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.