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Microsoft Remains Firm On Ending VB6 Support

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-it's-not-willy-nilly-hippie-open-source-goof-offs dept.

An anonymous reader submits "CNet reports that Microsoft is remaining firm an ending support for VB6, despite a petition and many requests from its developer community. If only VB were a F/OSS project instead of a proprietary customers could be assured of continued support as long as there was demand. Are there any good F/OSS implementations of VB out there for customers to migrate to? One can only hope that enlightened groups like the Agility Alliance would warn about the risks of using such software that can be end-of-lifed even while they're in heavy use."

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  1. Re:Good Implementations of VB??? by Foofoobar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Actually this is considered slow for a Microsoft post; Most of them get Godwin'd a bit faster... especially if one invokes the name of 'the gates' or 'the monkeyboy'. Then sacrifices a goat and inserts a blank CD with a pentagram on it for formatting.

    Ooops... now I have compared them to Satan. I've double Godwin'd! DOH!

    Please... only people who can't take a joke would call a Godwin. Besides, calling a Godwin is just as bad as invoking one so STFU!

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  2. Re:Good Implementations of VB??? by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Please... only people who can't take a joke would call a Godwin.
    Um... what I posted about Godwin WAS a joke, dumbass.

    I was going to try to come up with some witty way to say this, but there's no point, because that would have flown over your head, too.