.Net 2.0 Fav feature results

About 2 weeks ago I asked what your favourite .Net 2.0 feature is. The post is here. Well there has been a huge number of responses compared to my usual posts (ie. this means there has been more than 3 comments ;-) ). In actual fact there is about 8 responses so I would hardly say its a conclusive examination of industry opinion, but its at least conclusive evidence that people have opinions ... :-)

Anyway, here are the results in order :-

1. Generics (3 votes)
2. Provider Model (2 votes)
3. Refactoring support. (1 vote) / New Hosting Interfaces (1 vote) (Nick, care to elaborate on that...?) / Object databinding (1 vote)

Sure, not many people have responded, but its interesting to note that generics seem to be a key benefit. While the benefits of generics are pretty clear, for me its a combination of all the new UI controls (and associated flexibility with them like the templating features and Smart Tags), as well as the provider model support as I like to be able to extend things like session storage to meet our company policies and requirements, and this is a lot messier/harder/more work with the current version (Note: Not impossible, just not as easily extendible and supported).