| Pattern | Backend | Open Source | vi | Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) |
| PHP | Enterprise | Turnkey | Orthogonal | Should Work |
| Out of pocket | Cross-platform | SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BINGO (free square) | The Sandbox Is Down | Lots Of Effort |
| Scalable | Knowledge Base | Configurable | Middleware | Regression Testing |
| AJAX | Pluggable Architecture | Unit Test | Project | Out of the box |
| Integration / Integrated | Sane | Change Control | Migration | Refactor |
| AJAX | Apache | Out of pocket | Pattern | Open Source |
| Automated | ETA | SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BINGO (free square) | PHP | Can't Replicate |
| The Sandbox Is Down | Framework | Redundant | Credentials | Very Complex |
| Emacs | Secure / In-Secure | Non-Trivial | Bandwidth | Extensible Architecture |