> he's sounding like a smug dynamic language weenie

I'll give you that. I have a strong opinion on the overall usability of statically-typed languages. I have been writing Java code for the past month and I really feel less productive than the month before, despite the very smart tools that take away most of the drudgery. I am also not anti-static-typing: I like C a lot. I don't like C++ that much because of Smalltalk-induced bias.

> It pulls the "mandated by management" straw man

I am yet to witness a C# project that's not born out of a corporate IT department. I have never seen someone move from dynamic languages to static ones for other reason than execution speed, and, even then, only after careful profiling.

> This looks like an exhibition of the classic blub fallacy.

Name 5 reasons to consider C# as your development language and I'll concede you another point. While you are at it, name 1 area where C# is considered the best language.