>In my business it is not a "huge issue", I write commercial apps -- for the most part the users don't care / know about what it is written in. They just want it to work well. (I usually say MS Visual Studio / VFP if someone asks what it is developed in).
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Ah.. doing VFP through the back door!! <bg>

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As for the other users "abrasive" comments towards your position on VB -- who cares. If what your saying makes sense after evaluation, it will be accepted by most reasonable people.
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While it is true I don't give a crap about the personal attacks, I do get PO'd at some of the conclusions that made when there is no reasonable basis for the conclusion - the most important being relevant experience, which most folks up do not have...

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By the way I do agree with you that many people seem to respond to questions posted here just to fill up space and have relatively little to add to the actual thread discussion.
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Well be careful now... thems fighten words up here. You might hurt somebody's feelings here... Worse yet, somebody may in hiding, say say your are rude and unpleasant!! <bg>