To understand what MSFT was/is thinking you need to take a look at history.

VB developers were accustomed to purchasing 3rd party controls. This is still the case. There are a number of useful controls that I use out of the box. For some grids especially I buy them. I did in VB6 I do now.

Not to play MSFT marketing. But the next version does have a better set of
controls.

Rodman