Ok I've used vb for many years now, and have been away from it for a little while, what is up with this VB.net what is the benefit besides it compiles down to a byte code. Is it so it can run on any OS such as java?? If so can unix run it?? These questions may sound stupid but I need hard facts to substantiate the use of VB.net over Java at my workplace and any help and understanding will be greatly appreciated!! Thanx everyone!

-Sly