Moving On

Hi All

While I will be the target of some reactionary flamming, I would like to
make the following comments:

1. I have enjoyed immensely being part of this group.
2. VB has served me well and has provided a good living for me for many
years.
3. I am thankfull for the excellent support provided by the people in
this group

However...

1. I don't believe VB6/5 folks have been deserted by Microsoft
2. If you want to continue with VBn, no problems, its still supported in
Vista

At first, I hated VB.Net, and searched with vengance, anything that would
make .Fred look bad. Did Microsoft abondon VB users..hell yes...or did they?

I hung onto every adverse comment made within this group as something that
would substantiate the crime Microsoft had committed. Jerry French caused my
fragile ego to feel condemmed even for abandoning V5. The much hallowed
Randy Birch (and he has made huge contributions to programmers worldwide)
even caused me to feel righteous at my indignation with Microsoft.

Moving on...

Stay with VBn...or move to Power Basic, Delphi...et al. Not much commercial
value in any of these, other than legacy support..

VB.Net takes some work, a shift in your programming paradign to fully OO
concepts. VB.Net 2005 has some brilliant stuff. Just to get a connection to
a database is so easy... Binding is just native, classes are everything you
want. Microsoft has made an enormous effort to help VBer's move on. Every
single shortfall of VB classic has been addressed and more.

Sorry for causing offence to some of you. The brilliance of programmers I
have mentioned above would be hugely enhanced by VB.Net. Randy, Jerry and
others, what about using your excellent skills to enhance the next
generation rather that lock people into a language that has become static. I
am not saying that you abandon VBn, just stop telling users of this group
that the world ends with VB classic. VB, as we used to know it, is
dead...that will not change. Your skills are enhanced with VB.Net, provided
you can let go of your predjudices. Lets all move on.

Cheers

Harry Strybos


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