But.. whenever they say that to me personally, they're also rolling their eyes. What do they mean by that?
I'm not sure. All the Java guys I know checked C# out. Most of us are building little tools and personal projects with it, just because that's what we do.
It's not what the salesmen would have you believe, but it has some nice things to it.
My favorite detail is that you can use 'Strings' in switch statements. A small detail, but it suits my coding style well.