Re: VB.net vs VB 6.0

> Just got back from an MSDN event. VS2005 will probably make you want
to move
> to .Net. The next version of Web Services and "ClickOnce" features
make
> seamless deployment and online updating a breeze. The new IDE also
adds some
> nice touches to development. While I blast Microsoft for something
about
> once a week, in the case of the IDE, they seem to be on the right
track,
> motivated to get the developer tools right.
>
> You may however wish to move directly to C# instead of VB.Net.
Functionally,
> they are nearly identical, but the woefully misguided naming of
"VB.Net"
> (which has very little to do with "Classic VB") will almost
undoubtedly
> spell its eventual demise.

See, I find that quite disheartening to hear. I agree with you about the
probable end result for VB.NET... the vast majority of the current
VB-Classic users do not want VB.NET and, more than likely, won't move up
to it. But the real disheartening part of this scenario is all of the
time and money and manpower that Microsoft has thrown at it... money and
manpower and time that could have been spent doing what they did so well
for the past 10 years... finding out what those who push the then
current VB to its limits want next and INTEGRATING that into the current
product so that the existing, ordinary users can still function while
the wizards get some new "toys" to play with. Had they done that, they
wouldn't now be facing their apparent killing off of the most popular
programming language ever created. They can still save the day, but I'm
afraid management-ego (we're management, we know what's best) will
prevent that from happening. Whenever I think about all of this, I'm
reminded of the movie Dr. Strangelove and the character Slim Pickings
played. All I can envision is the various top management folks at
Microsoft riding the "atomic bomb" of VB.NET downward to its eventual
detonation and destruction while waving their hats and yelling Yahoo!.
(If you never saw the movie, the analogy will unfortunately be lost on
you.)

Rick

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