>What are people's thoughts regarding learning VB vs. C#? my understanding is that
>there are no major technical differences in their capabilities and that compiled
>code from any .NET language is compatible with modules written in any other...

They are similar. They compile practically to the same. It is a matter of preference.
If you learn one you can easily be conversant in the other later. The importance and difficulty is not in the language but in the framework.


>Is the programming market better for one or the other?

Don't know. Our shop uses C# even though I come from VFP (still use it) and our web guys come from
VBS/ASP. We all prefer C# to VB. Is it better? No. Just a preference.



>I would think that VB would
>be a bigger market, seeing that VB has been around a lot longer.

That is not so. VB.NET has not been around a lot longer than C#.
Don't confuse VB with VB.NET as they are not the same, just as C# is not C++