Is this worth the time and even possible? 3rd party VB6 runtime?

[vbman213]

So earlier today I got the idea of attempting to reverse engineer the "MSVBVM60.DLL" VB6 runtime and recreate the runtime. Basically, create a 3rd party custom runtime for VB6 applications. My reasoning behind this would be to allow the community to ultimately determine the fate of VB6. If we had total control over the runtime, we could potentially allow VB6 applications to run on future versions of Windows beyond the support of Windows 7.

Theoretically, if one was to create a DLL that exported all the same functions (about 600) as the vb6 runtime and replicated its functionality, we could run VB6 exe's without the standard runtime dll. And with the advancements in compilation technology, we could possibly see a huge performance increase in the final product.

The EXE's produced by VB6 are really no different than any other Windows PE, they just import a butt load of functions and routines from the runtime.

Thoughts?

Is this idea pointless?