[danielbarla]

I find that most C# developers don't have strong feelings about VB.Net; if they comment on it negatively, they are probably trying to avoid the old stigma by association.

Although VB.Net's syntax is not really my cup of tea (it's a bit too wordy for me), I find that many of the keywords make a lot more sense than the equivalent C# ones. E.g. explaining the meaning of "shared" is a lot easier than explaining "static", because the concepts it brings to mind are closer to what's actually happening.