Dan Fernandez's Blog : VB's *My* for C# Developers: "# re: VB's *My* for C# Developers
All of you purists that have belittled the 'my' feature are missing the point. The motivation for it is to make the job easier for a novice who doesn't have the time or patience to understand and learn the framework. If you think it's stupid then it's not for you. Plus if you are such a purist you probably won't even be programming in VB.NET, which is why they left it out of C#.

It's like the 'auto-shift' feature on some cars. To me it's a silly idea...either use a stick or enjoy the convenience of an automatic. But certain people like it.

Point is, .NET wasn't just created for you"