Re: I Nominate this NewsGroup

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Hi Someone,

> IMO, MS does not prefer that dotnet developers resort to the API.

That's not the comparison I'm making. What I'm saying is that
across-the-board I find the VB6 newsgroups (and specifically this one) to be
much more responsive than .NET newsgroups.

For example, yesterday I posted a VB6 API question - bingo 3 responses less
than 4 hours. Meanwhile, I've got a couple of WebService questions posted
since the 14th, two days ago, and no response. Microsoft certainly wants us
to use Web Services.

Thanks for your help,

- Joe Geretz -

"Someone" <nobody@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ANBWe.42243$ct5.1878@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> IMO, MS does not prefer that dotnet developers resort to the API. They
> have to stick with the run time. The reason for this is multiplatform
> compatibility. MS could in the future come up with .Net for Mac, .Net for
> Linux, and brings a VB cross compiler that compiles to these platforms. I
> remember reading some where that it's better to use unmanaged.something
> instead of Declare, probably to make it easier to port in the future.
>
> MS has already made IE and Office for Macs, so why not?
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/mac/
>
> See also this .Net library for Linux:
>
> http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
>
> I am not sure if it's complete or how far they have gone in the project.
>
> "Joseph Geretz" <jgeretz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ulf47GtuFHA.728@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I want to nominate this newsgroup is THE MOST RESPONSIVE newsgroup on the
>>Microsoft news server.
>>
>> My experience has been that I can post a question in this newsgroup and
>> be confident of a response within hours. This is terriffic! Meanwhile I
>> can post questions to the .NET newgroups and I won't receive a response
>> for days.
>>
>> What does this mean for the VB6 community in comparison with the .NET
>> community?
>>
>> VB6 developers are:
>> more helpful?
>> more proficient?
>> more knowledgable?
>> more numerous?
>>
>> Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to the entire VB6 API newsgroup
>> community and especially to the MVP's among us. And I hope that Microsoft
>> takes note of my appreciation. It takes more than just an IDE to make a
>> viable and successful development environment.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> - Joe Geretz -
>>
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