Re: VBclassic petition

On Mon, 30 May 2005 18:58:17 +0200, "Bruno Köller"
<mydevicenull@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>As for my part it doesn't matter if MS would 'support' VB classic - I can't
>remember where I could enjoy their 'support'. Moreover, times ago when I had
>(better: my client had) a severe Access problem there wasn't any help
>available neither from MS nor their distributors, even when we asked to pay
>for.
>
>Whereas closing up this newsgroup and some others concerning VB classic
>would make my life much harder - there are so many useful informations here
>that MS never was able to present in a reasonable manner. And the only MS
>mail I receive is PR or bug mail - support is what is done **here** from
>volunteers around the world - that what MS did in the past years for VB
>programmer support is, at my feeling, almost null.
>
>So I will have no tears for closing up VB support but an ocean of tears for
>closing the newsgroups.
>
>Just my 2c.


The issue isn't about "support" but rather, it is about MS providing a
forward path other than rewriting from the ground up, for the existing
code base.

Bryan
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