I don’t often point people directly to a podcast, but I think this one is important.
The AltDotNet Podcast interviewed Jeremy Miller about Alt.Net
http://altnetpodcast.com/episodes/18-talking-with-jeremy-miller-about-alt-net
This podcast is largely a rebuttal to the podcast that Mike Moore did with Scott Bellware. If you want the cliff-notes version: Scott Bellware is not Alt.Net (nor is Jeremy Miller for that matter), and stop listening to agitated gripers (like Scott Bellware).
The podcast covers a lot more topics, and it is very worth a listen. In fact, if you want to be able to say you don’t like Alt.Net, you should listen to this podcast first, then say what you don’t like.