Re: Visual Basic on Vista: try not to laugh

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:44:37 GMT, "mayayana" <mayaXXyana1a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


¤ It was clear to me. He started out
¤ talking about IDEs. That was implied at the end
¤ of his post. I never got the impression that the
¤ whole .Net mess was kaput on Vista.

Congratulations. You managed to cut through the FUD. ;-)

¤ > I certainly haven't been having any significant
¤ > issues porting source code from 2003 to 2005.
¤ > Have you?
¤
¤ It leaves my jaw hanging loose to see how often
¤ Microsoft shills say things like that. What about the
¤ cost of VB.Net 2005?! What about time spent on
¤ the transition? What about the fact that maybe someone
¤ just doesn't want to switch, for whatever reason?
¤ What about the fact that Microsoft sold a product
¤ and then shamelessly broke it?

What about the cost of and transition to Vista? You're either going to upgrade or you're not. If you
don't want to switch no one is twisting your arm.

BTW, the 2005 Express versions are free. While the IDE tool support isn't the same, you can still
work on your projects in these environments.

¤
¤ There's a consistent implication that the actual monetary
¤ cost of Microsoft software is so trivial as to not be
¤ worth even talking about. But it's about $40 a year trivial.
¤
¤ Imagine if they stopped making
¤ parts for your car and someone from the company's
¤ fan club said to you, "Well, I don't see what the
¤ problem is. I didn't have any trouble buying a new car."
¤

Actually they *do* stop making parts for older cars. I'm not sure what would cause you to believe
that they make parts for older cars indefinitely.


Paul
~~~~
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
.

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