The botched transition from VB to VB.net is one of Microsoft's
larger errors, on par with designing its operating systems without
competent regard for security. The clear message to software
developers is that Microsoft can't be trusted to provide an upward
compatible path.
In case anyone's wondering, there is no threat to existing
applications written in VB - they will continue to run correctly in
future versions of Windows.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Robert McGwier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> There is almost no one I respect more than David Bernstein as a
programmer
> but Microsoft has said it is definitely going to blow off all
those
> developers
> and tell everyone VB is dead. As such, it will be. I do not
believe
> there will
> be VB in VS 2005.net.
>
> C# and even C++ are "forms programmable" and I think Microsoft
believes
> that VB had lost its place. They are pretty much sharpening the
coffin
> nails
> having publicly announced the end of VB.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
> rrlanders2 wrote:
>
> >Having worked 25+ years in Fortune 500 companies here in the St.
Louis
> >area, VB is heavily used. VBA in Access and Excel even more
> >so. VB.NET is following in VB6's footsteps.
> >
> >Like it or not, for business purposes, quite often it's "good
enough"...
> >
> >I didn't make the rules, just get paid to write VB and VB.NET.
> >
> >And yes, you can actually write good code in VB.NET...although
> >it's harder in VB6
> >
> >73, Rod WI0T
> >
> >
> >
> >
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