I'm far from an insider here so I certainly understand if I missed the meeting on this.

Lately, especially very recently, several of the moderators here seem to have gotten very heavy handed about pushing people toward VB.Net in the Classic VB forum.

Now I won't discourage anyone from moving to .Net, and I myself am amazed by the number of VB6 newbies we're encountering so late in the day. But why has the tone changed so drastically? Is there some other factor involved that I just haven't picked up on?

I can understand people who swim in VB.Net constantly not wanting to go to the trouble of answering questions about VB6. So just don't. What's so hard about that?

Or is it post-Holiday blues?


I'm not complaining, just curious. If there is an active anti-VB/VBA policy here now I'd just like to know about it. If nothing else maybe it'll help keep me from from crossing the line. I just need to have some idea where the line is.

I fully agree that VB6 is not a good place for newbies to start today, or for several years now really. But isn't disparagement of one as bad as disparagement of the other?

Or am I just being obtuse?