Neither. But seriously, it really depends upon the business requirements and potentially on the existing topology that the 'cloud based' application needs to operate within. If the question is, which would you recommend for buidling cloud based applications; the question…

Force.com is primarily a business application 'development' platform. The benefit of this platform is the predefine, engineered application services that most business applications require. e.g. workflow, integrated email, application and role based access control, etc. Re…