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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. fah! by eglamkowski · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As a C/C++ developer finding it hard to get a job at a time when everybody under the sun wants java or EXPERIENCED C# programmers, I'm not very sympathetic to their concerns of being stranded with obsolete skills.

    Then again, I got a verbal offer for a C/UNIX programming job last Friday, so I can't complain too much. Took 6 weeks of looking to finally land a job.
    *sigh*

    Now I'm just awaiting written confirmation by mail so I can seriously enjoy my vacation starting later this week :-)

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    Government IS the problem.