This is to anyone in special, but I think one shouldn't be too radical at this stage.


In my opinion, Olaf's project is a good project and started with the right foot, and - maybe the most important part - is very useful already. By using his "framework" within VB6 one have access to things A LOT better than the equivalent provided by VB6, and it adds lots a modern/new stuff right out-of-the-box: SQLite usage in a similar way to ADO, Cairo drawing (Forms, Widgets, PDF, SVG, among others), Physics engine, TCP, RDP, Reg Free Dll ActiveX, Touching Screen (Gesture), MM Device, OpenOffice/LibreOffice usage, Browse control (WebKit), and a lot more. Being a "one man work" so far, he deserves already the respect of all of us, and the faith that he will get the job done.


I use his SQLite wrapper for a few years, and I'm now starting with the Cairo stuff, and all my future development will depend on the rest of the provided stuff whenever possible, and (again in my opinion) using his stuff is the right way to get in touch with the full project and to "have a say" about it.


Personally, I'm not interested in the VB compatibility by itself (thought I understand who is), but the feeling of a possible Windows independence is good, pretty good. I think, however, that it's more important to make sure that programs based on VB7 will work in Linux with Wine. This way one could still use OCXs, SxS, and many good things that we only have with Windows (being able to use 3rd party libraries like TX TextControl, FarPoint Spread, ComponentOne, and the like, it's probably very important for many of us). Anyway, the reduced Windows dependencies is a step forward for this to happen. Even for who needs .NET I think it's easier to use Wine than Mono.


Just my 2c