Forrester Research recently <A HREF="http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci1013038,00.html">put that question to more than 300 enterprise decision makers</A> in North America and learned that while most call .NET their preferred development platform (56%), developers and managers are definitely not on the same page. Enterprises need to recognize these different points of view when making strategic decisions, said Randy Heffner, vice president of Forrester's application development and infrastructure research group.