I recently started looking at ASP.Net again after a gap of almost 10 years doing non Microsoft stuff.<p>It's been a surprisingly pleasant experience. I would put it easily on a par with Ruby On Rails for ease in getting a site up and running.<p>Windows Azure has also been a nice surprise.
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