What did you want him to say? They know how to scale IIS and Asp.net. If they are going to help you, that's what they are going to help you do. If you don't want to use that tech, then don't.
But the key point you seem to be missing is that not all startups are web apps. I agree that if you are a Lamp stack web app -- or most any web 2.0 startup -- Bizspark probably can't offer you much. But what if you write Windows desktop software?
There are entire business (some quite large) which build nothing but Office plugins. Never mind the wide range of vertical applications for businesses that almost exclusively run windows. Microsoft's ecosystems is huge and very capable of sustaining quite a few startups. These startups need Windows, Office, and Visual Studio licenses. Of course they will include IIS and Asp.net in their list of benefits. Besides, Asp.net really isn't all that bad of a choice if you just need a company homepage or some kind of low volume or limited access web service.
But the key point you seem to be missing is that not all startups are web apps. I agree that if you are a Lamp stack web app -- or most any web 2.0 startup -- Bizspark probably can't offer you much. But what if you write Windows desktop software?
There are entire business (some quite large) which build nothing but Office plugins. Never mind the wide range of vertical applications for businesses that almost exclusively run windows. Microsoft's ecosystems is huge and very capable of sustaining quite a few startups. These startups need Windows, Office, and Visual Studio licenses. Of course they will include IIS and Asp.net in their list of benefits. Besides, Asp.net really isn't all that bad of a choice if you just need a company homepage or some kind of low volume or limited access web service.