Microsoft to release VB6 as Open Source

36 Comments

• Nice :) - Yes I read it ALL :) Ain't nothing getting me today.
  

• I almost thought this was true. Good one... :)
  

• if they did windows would not die a humble death in the future. it only still around because old vB6 software still runs on it.
  

• I will be anxiously waiting!
  

• Does anyone think that this would actually be a GOOD idea?
  I do. Imagine VB6 getting a new life as the ONLY cross platform development language which works inside browsers (no more Javascript/Ajax), inside all phones (iOS, WP7, Android, BB, WebOS), on Linux, on Mac.
  If people can port Silverlight i.e. Mono etc.. why not a lower level sub-set, nice and clean as Alan Cooper intended?
  

• This is clearly not true because you said ADO, any self respecting VB6 programmer knows it's all about DAO, or possibly even RDO.
  

• great idea, even thinking about it
  

• Good one.Old programmers
  

• Posted: Mar 31 2009, 08:15 PM ??!!
  

• Damn! I got all excited for a minute!
  

• hehehe,
  
  I'm still betting the C# people are mad!
  

• James I couldn't have said it any better. The first version of Windows they release that does not support VB6 will be the death of Windows.
  

• I am a developer today due to VB3 and above
  

• I was thrilled until I read about the C Flat thing, then I knew it was just a joke...
  
  An open sourced VB6 could have evolved with the community to 64-bit but without the .NET... just good old VBRUN.dll :-)
  

• Quand pense-t-on que cela sera-t-il disponible ?
  

• But...This ain't APRIL!!
  
  Stupid A**
  

• My first thought was: This doesn't make sense. The average VB programma won't understand the code and the others aren't interested in a flawed language like VB6!
  

• You cannot fathom how many old school propgrammers there are who are still hanging around... They have something to smile about now...
  

• Please remove this stupid article since it's not April 1, 2009 anymore - it is May 2011!
  

• happened to run into this article one month after, still found it amusing ,haha!
  

• I was thinking about all the possibilities that this could bring to millions of lines that are hard to dye,
  maybe one day,
  C# is at last the next generation of VB6, same idea (productivity over performance, quick development, tricks, etc) without all the limitations.
  

• I'm still using Visual Basic 5, as it can do all I need it to do.
  Don't you mean VB7 as VB6 already exists?
  

• It ll be a good one for fresh who knew VB6.
  now VB6 developers ll have the high employment opportunity.
  

• I remember the old vb6 vb.net battles and looking back I can see how much of a mountain people made over a mole hill. In today's programming community you HAVE to be able to learn new languages all the time.
  

• How does this benefit me?
  

• Is it true?
  others news sources said that this is not true!
  

• Hey, all kidding aside, you could do a lot with VB6. The C++ guys would laugh at it, but VB6 dev cycles were about 5-fold shorter to produce essentially the same business app.
  

• C.R.A.Z.Y.!
  
  Man, you were even so naughtily crafty with this one as to introduce the idea of a C♭ PL.
  
  You really got me on this one; especially since I'm reading it well after April 1st -- so I couldn't even suspect a prank!
  
  Good one, though! :-)
  

• Wondered! It's good sign.
  

• In present era of technology, I think Microsoft technology is not too impressive that's why PHP and other languages cover a big part of it market.
  MS should have to do something impressive.
  

• does this means that VB6.0 can now be made portable? Lame comment ahahaha...
  

• a good decision by Microsoft............:)
  
  

• Hahaha.. Microsoft will then produce g major and later open a music company..
  

• I hope this is not a hoax (kiwani)
  

• That is great Microsoft !
  

• As much as I hate VB6, I do feel compelled to point out one minor detail...
  
  On variants -- the C# dynamic type has most of the negative qualities of variants, including late binding failures. On ActiveX controls, WinForms and WPF actually both support those, too -- since .NET 1.0. On arrays starting at 1 or 0, System.Array actually lets you start your array whereever you want, and there are CLR languages that allow numbers other than 1 and 0.
  
  Just pointing it out, because C# does all that without the need for a new C flat. :P