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Seems that it's not just me - The .NET Guy isn't pleased either:

I read posts like this one detailing the new generics system in .NET] and it makes the baby Jesus want to cry. Where is the latent typing that made generic programming so powerful? The monstrosity they've cooked up is basically useful for any type of generic programming where you don't actually USE the thing... meaning, containers. *sigh* I think it's time to start coding in IronPython.