Have a look at a new thread posted on asp.net forums

http://forums.asp.net/thread/1506300.aspx

You will find all the plus points of C# over Vb.Net in the long run.
The thread is great with a good image explanation.

One thing not mentioned there, which i would like to add here is... C# resembles more to C++, Java and PHP. while Vb.net language stays as an isolated language.

You never know, which language can emerge as a leader in long run, its better to be in touch ( Friends ) with few languages that resembles each other. If you know C#, you can work more easily with PHP, with MONO support on .NET also. Or J# also. Python is now supported too.

I think the Wrox Authors could sense this and have decided to offer this great book in C#. The other main thing is that .Net Framework was developed in C# language and that was the language made to order ( Creating From Scratch ) and while Vb.Net was modified to fit.

All developers/creators of .net framework had spend their maximum time after C# and they were bound to get addicted to it. They had to modify Vb.Net to please the old trusted community.

Since C# had become a major language for .Net, we always find the first support from asp.net developers in C#, while we have to demand support for Vb.net.

This is my honest opinion, after many many experiences observing difference in support for C# and Vb.Net over the long run.

I have decided to move to C# slowly for a better support.

Thanks

Good points! I'd also add JavaScript as a language somewhat similar to C#. ASP.NET developers who aren't JavaScript experts probably will become one soon. The new MS AJAX client libraries give a richer JavaScript environment than we have today, so we should be moving in that direction to make our web sites look, and work, better than others.

The biggest reason people choose C#, however, is simply that more companies are requesting it. It all comes down to what is in demand in the industry.

Almost all senior developer positions are for C#, and that's something people need to keep in mind. Even if you're not at the senior level yet, someday you hopefully will be, and C# would be a better choice then to make you more marketable.

Two years ago companies only wanted in done in .net and they didn't care if you picked VB or C#. But the trend now is towards C# being specified by name. Just use the online jobs sites to see which langauge is in demand in your area. And pay attention to the quality of the jobs and the pay scale. An hour on the web can convince you!

Despite all this, VB is a bigger language and VS 2005 makes VB development more productive than C#: better refactoring, background compilation, "My" namespace, etc. You have to make a hard choice - go for the neatest language, or go for the one that will butter your bread into the future.

Eric