Re: Microsoft not content with "dissing" just the Classic VB Devel

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I am a Classic VB programmer. I've been one since 1991, when VB 1.0 for DOS
came out.

I love VB 6.0, but I find that the jobs want VB.Net experience now.

I tried RealBASIC, but it is different from VB 6.0, in that my code needs a
major rewrite in order to work with RB. For example the Edit boxes verses the
Text boxes work differently, and I need to convert the Edit boxes to an
Interget, and the CInt function is not supported in RB. Instead they use a
format() function which it has to be rewiritten for.

If I have to rewrite code, I think that I will learn VB.Net and have a
better chance of being employed. So far I have been unemployed since 2002,
and my VB 6.0 skills are not longer wanted. I went back to college in 2003,
and I had bought Visual Studio Pro 2002, but so far have not done anything
with it yet. I was going to buy VS.Net 2003, but now 2005 is due out.

If I would do Mac or Linux programming, Real BASIC looks interesting. Then
again C++ has more support for those platforms than Real BASIC. If I have to
rewrite, it might be worth more to learn to rewrite to C++, which has more
support for Linux and Mac platforms. Yeah, Mono looks good for Mac and Linux
platforms too.

VB 6.0 has joined Windows for Workgroups, OS/2, MS Mail, Windows 95, and
other abandoned software projects. I tried others like XBASIC, but they were
not quite the same as VB 6.0, and I doubt we can convince Microsoft to bring
out Classic VB.

Our only hope is to move on, learn something new, adapt to change, and ride
the wave instead of wiping out.
.

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