Originally Posted by
vb6forever
As I see it, it is all about the Educational System and marketing on the part of Microsoft and Apple to name two.
Apple played the game of giving computers to school systems to try and get students familiar with using Apple,
knowing that because of this students would most likely choose Apple over PC because of their familiarity with Apple.
Microsoft does the same thing with languages. Giving away free or reduced cost educational editions and books of the latest language. This encourages and influences those making the decision to teach those languages. Microsoft wins because they've created a new product for sale. The education system wins because in addition to their current students, they may get new students who want to learn the new language. All at little cost to the educational system.
As I recall there are about 2500 different languages. Most can get any job done --- including GUI.
The key is keeping and attracting as much new talent as possible (this forum goes a long way in this regard -- THANK YOU) in VB to keep it going.