I'm constantly trying to determine what it is that's wrong with .Net (aside from the politics) -- and I think you might have nailed it -- it might be as simple

I'm constantly trying to determine what it is that's wrong with .Net (aside from the politics) -- and I think you might have nailed it -- it might be as simple as 'design view' and all the 'built-in stuff you should never use that looks really tempting/easy'. That's today's guess anyway. Such a great language (C#) and platform... while there are certainly healthy parts of the ecosystem/community, a huge chunk of it (majority even?) is crap, which is a shame.