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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 stinkyfingers · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That was fast

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

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

    You just took this article from 0 to Godwin in 2 minutes. It's a new record!

  3. Re:Gentlemen, by maks_20 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Give it up... VB (and VBA) will be dead in 3-5 years. All Microsoft Office Applications will move to a Web based Applications. C/Assembler will never dye for certain applications like drivers, Linux kernel... Switch to C# or better java and say Good Buy to VB, othervise your job will move offshore! Best wishes, maks_20