I was recently in an article detailing the power of putting an Oracle 10g database together with a .NET application. Oracle Magazine recently did an article of what I have been working on for the last year as the Technical Architect for Lipper. Take a read. The article intro goes:
"Developers want - and need - more choice than ever. From shopping cart applications to Web 2.0, from SOA to the database, from .NET to Java, programmers face increasing challenges in an increasingly diverse workplace."