People may or may not have good reasons to dislike technologies. I'm sure people have their reasons for disliking .NET just like they do with Java or any other

People may or may not have good reasons to dislike technologies. I'm sure people have their reasons for disliking .NET just like they do with Java or any other technology. From just a generic statement - its hard to know either way. I actively dislike all current web app frameworks. The SaaS trend is worrying IMO because it seems to be the only viable way that startups can make money these days. I rarely see any startup selling an actual software product. In my view, you take a rich client application - throw in memory bloat, CPU bloat, reduce the responsiveness, add in some downtime and you get a webapp. By the very fact that all web apps are limited by client apps (the browser in most cases), I don't see any reason to settle for a 'second-class' experience.