On Rick Strahl's Web Blog, he talks about ASP.NET and some misconceptions many seem to have about ASP.NET. I really like what he has to say as I've heard this many times myself, and being a big fan of Visual Studio, Visual Basic, ASP.NET, SQL Server, I think he answers these questions well. Check out his post here on his site West Wind Technologies. I think ASP.NET's one of the best technologies for building web applications. And It's my favorite, so I like to hear the positives, not just the complaints.