Quote Originally Posted by FireXtol View Post
Or you could learn about one that's proprietary, inevitable subject to forced obsolescence, upgrade fees, security exploits(mostly highly targeted: Windows), DRM, hardware-lockin, technically questionable version-restricted technologies(more forced obsolescence), and it goes on. Sounds like torture if you ask me.
This already has me concerned. My VB3.0 still runs on XP, so I can play as long as I want. I D/L'd the free version today and see that it has to be registered. Are they gonna approve my registration 17 years from now when I want to fire it up again and play some more. Me thinks not.

However, given my choices, I'm going to go with it for now. I found a VB 2008 self-help kind of book in B&N tonight. Is that compatible with the current version of VB.NET?