Spent 9 years of my evangelizing MS.
Now its .php and MySql for me baby.
C# is admittedly cool. You can get a lot done in less time with it. If you want to learn .NET, Andrew Troelson is the best author around.
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-C-NET-3-0-Special/dp/1590598237/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223044092&sr=1-5