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Is VB usage really slipping?
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27/06/2003 10:52:31
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ASP.NET
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>Hi
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>I'm hearing alot of rumours surrounding VB.Net, I'll provide a summary of thoughts I've been hearing:
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  • MS is using VB.Net to lure VB6 programmers into .Net as a means to get them interested in C# too.
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  • C# is the better/more standard language which can be relatively easy to migrate to once a developer has picked up VB and .Net
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  • MS will eventually drop VB in favour of C# once the majority of the VB userbase have moved to .Net
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    >Any thoughts on this? Or is it all bull****?
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    >Thanks
    >Kev

    I really doubt that will happen. Although they are both .NET languages, they have different design goals. I don't see that changing anytime soon, which would lead me to believe that Microsoft intends to migrate everyone to C#.
    -Paul

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