>or more worryingly, maybe because there actually are no Commercial Apps developed using Visual Studio.net

You gotta be kidding.

>it would indicate to me that perhaps DOT NET is not up to it...maybe its not developed yet to such an extent that it is stable enough, fast enough. robust enough etc to comfotably exist in a commercail environment.

My first comment refers.

>I would welcome any commants

You now have some.