>>>>Hi Nadya,
>>>>
>>>>This comment is a bit on the "defensive" side, but regardless how hard I try, I have a difficult time bringing myself to taking VB seriously. Basic was the first language I learnt, when I was just 14, and even though I did make one commercial app with GW-Basic when I was in college, I just can't consider it for anything but pranks and little trick programs.
>>>>
>>>>You could always answer the "such an old product.." with something like "Oh yeah, it's really great to develop with a tool that's so mature, rich, bugless, and fast while the rest of the world just play with java and vb."
>>>>
>>>>BTW, did you know that ink-jet technology and airbags are about 30 years old?
>>>>
>>>>Alex
>>>
>>>I like it. Thanks :)
>>
>>And the wheel was invented when?
>>:)
>Did you hear that Ferma (?) theorem was just proved?
>
>Just kidding :)

She may be kidding but she's not joking about Fermi's theorem...