Microsoft Products Developed with .NET code

Yag has a post with a list of Microsoft products that are developed, at least partially, with .NET code.  The list is actually somewhat longer than I had realized.  His post is in response to a claim that .NET Winforms is not really "ready for prime time" since MS isn't developing all of their products in .NET.  His counter-claim is most reasonable - if not obvious.

It is only at the very end of the post that yag states/confirms something that I have been saying (screaming ?) for at least 4 years now - the reason the majority of applications in Microsoft are developed in C#, rather than VB.NET, is not because C# is a better language.  It is because most MS developers were previously C/C++ developers.  That is exactly what I would tell my clients - if your team is experienced with C/C++/Java - go with C#.  Otherwise, go with VB.NET.