I am sure it won't be hard for you to find people willing to work with you from LOMCN on such tasks, being able to spread the workload will help you immensely and let you focus on the aspects of making a server you find most enjoyable.
Yep certainly true, but at the moment I am just dipping my toes into the C++ language, Whilst I am not too worried about the client side of the development since there's no Windows Controls used.
My concern with using C++ is Server Side / Tools since there's no easy way to build the UI.