It's because of our universities. I am taking an e-commerce course as an elective for my masters in telecom. management. Our schedule consists of 5 weeks of covering the .NET framework, versus one week covering J2EE. We have to make a website with a shopping cart, and connect it to a database. The prof said "If you like VB, you can use VB.NET. If you like Java, then use C#". Of course, the site must run on IIS, using (I think) a SQL Server database. Last semester, I was in a class that was supposed to be an e-commerce type class, but basically was intro to information systems for MBA's. To make our webpages, we were told to use Front Page. To connect it to the Access "database", we were told to just use the built-in wizard in Front Page. It drives me nuts.

I'd like to hear from others in universities, to compare your experiences with the tools you are "supposed" to use.

Anyway, just wanted to vent. The title isn't really true. I hoped it would get attention.