Rant: Register to see the solution???

WTF is wrong with Microsoft programmers. Do they not like us? Why make me go through the pain of Googling for a solution to a problem that I should never have had in the first place... because it's all about who's getting PAID. Gotta have somewhere to advertise right? Geez. I barely get paid enough to make working in a Windows environment worth it and the I have to wade through the top 3 links to find a site that will give me the answer without a huge hassle.

For those that haven't tried Python, don't. You won't ever want to go back to doing it the hard / Microsoft way again. Code generation? More code is the solution to our problems? Object Factories? Are you kidding me? Generics? Are you serious? All of these have been available, or totally unecessary for a decade but I'm finding all these .NET 3.5 fanboys cheering over the advancement.

You know I'm not technical by any stretch of the imagination. I just want to know enough to get the job done and go home and play with my kid. I want elegant solutions to my problems and want easy to use tools to get the job done. Crisp and clean, that's what I want... but that's not what I get, not in .NET at least.