I have downloaded the Visual Basic 2005 Express edition. Just as an experiment, I converted one of my VB6 apps. With a couple minor exceptions, it loaded and ran. It interfaces to an SQL2000 db on a server.

So, here's my question....

If my VB6 apps will convert to VS2005 and run in my domain, why would I want to spend my company's money to get VS Standard ot VS Pro? As I read the data from the Microsoft site, I am still not sure what the expense gets me.