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Visual Basic Developers Revolt Against Microsoft

Posted by Hemos on from the the-battle-of-the-programmers dept.

daria42 writes "More than 100 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) developers have signed a petition demanding the software company reconsider plans to end support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form. Developers claim the move could kill development on millions of Visual Basic 6 (VB6) applications and "strand" programmers that have not trained in newer languages."

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  1. Oi. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd revolt too, given that their motivation is a sweaty man who seems to have a single word vocabulary.

  2. stranded by Apreche · · Score: 5, Funny

    "strand" programmers that have not trained in newer languages.

    Listen, if you're a programmer who is only proficient in VB 5 and 6, its time to think about moving into another occupation. I suggest becoming a cab driver or farmer.

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  3. In other news... by lexarius · · Score: 4, Funny

    MS-DOS programmers upset that QBASIC will no longer be supported under Longhorn, afraid of being stranded since they never learned any other languages. Rest of programmers glad to see them gone.

  4. In MMO terms... by keiferb · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can I have your stuff?

  5. Reconsider? by BandwidthHog · · Score: 5, Funny

    More than 100 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) developers have signed a petition demanding the software company reconsider plans to end support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form.

    Sounds to me like Microsoft refuses to kill off VB, and those who know its horrors best are demanding that it be extinguished so that another generation of programmers will not have to endure what they have gone through.

    I can respect that.

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    1. Re:Reconsider? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You live in bizarro world, don't you? You know, where things seem to you to be exactly opposite of how you read them.

  6. This just in by Fr05t · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot readers have even less sympathy for whiny VB programmer than Microsoft!

  7. Did you mean? by marat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot readers have even less respect for whiny VB programmers than for Microsoft!

    1. Re:Did you mean? by Fr05t · · Score: 2, Funny

      All of the above.

  8. Re:What's the fuss about? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it's been a gradual thing .. since the begining.

  9. Re:What's the fuss about? by isorox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does VB6 not work

    Correct

    all of a sudden

    Incorrect

  10. Here goes... by tclark · · Score: 4, Funny

    wait for it...

    wait...

    Nope, sorry, I just don't care. I tried my best, but I can't do it.

  11. They've always been revolting by FullCircle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now they're rebelling

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  12. So you're saying that by BlindRobin · · Score: 2, Funny

    VB programmers are revolting ?

    That's just mean....

  13. I agree by legLess · · Score: 2, Funny

    I find VB revolting as well.

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  14. Re:What's the fuss about? by Dr.+Smeegee · · Score: 2, Funny

    AcviveTurdPolish to you, buddy.

    .

  15. Re:What's the fuss about? by Bloater · · Score: 2, Funny

    you mean:

    long *lpActiveTurdPolish;
    HRESULT h = GetPolisher(&lpActiveTurdPolish);
    if (h == S_OK) {
    ((void STDMETHODCALLTYPE (*)(PROGLANG*))lpActiveTurdPolish)(visual_basic);
    }

    They managed to polish win32 and COM too.