In your reply, I think you touch on an interesting aspect of this: why did it push so many buttons? I really think it has very little to do with .NET -- I can

In your reply, I think you touch on an interesting aspect of this: why did it push so many buttons? I really think it has very little to do with .NET -- I can take .NET or leave it, depending on the nature of my needs. I think it has much more to do with the smart-ass feeling you get reading it, combined with the fact that, if you're any good at all in the .NET universe, you know better. That made me think of all the times I've spoken to developers when they just knew that such-and-such was true. And it wasn't. That same snarky attitude, that same over-generalizing, that same use of silliness to try to mask the predjudice. I wouldn't throw out working with this clown. Who knows? Might be fun. But the attitude is worthy of comment, and, since I have been known to be this way myself, I feel like I can honestly jump in. But really, who this guy wants or doesn't want, or what his opinions are don't matter that much. The interesting question would be how he deals with realizing he doesn't know so much. That's true for anybody.