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Visual Basic on GNU/Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-why-you-might-ask dept.

jeevesbond writes "The Mono Project announced that it has developed a Visual Basic compiler that will enable software developers who use Microsoft Visual Basic to run their applications on any platform that supports Mono, such as Linux, without any code modifications."

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  1. VB? VB?!!!! by RandoX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great. That's like saying now you can eat your lobster with a fork made of frozen shit.

    1. Re:VB? VB?!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Lobster? Gross.

  2. Finally! by HarryCaul · · Score: 5, Funny


    Maybe now we'll see some real development on Linux!

  3. Hooray! by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny
    All the great VB apps now in the user-friendly environment of Linux! Now maybe they can port Outlook over!

    Wow... saying that actually made me vomit a little in the back of my mouth...

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  4. Next week. . . by mjackson14609 · · Score: 3, Funny

    . . .porting Microsoft Bob to the Mac.

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  5. Re:OS X Intel? by nuzak · · Score: 4, Funny

    > people not familiar with the details of s/w development (i.e. PHPs).

    Most apropos typo ever.

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