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  1. Oct 16th, 2005, 11:26 AM #1
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    Re: Moving to VB.NET from VB6

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    ... The reason why he is exploring such possibility is, he is afraid that in the future Microsoft could make COM software incompatible with their operating system forcing all developers to migrate to .NET. Do you think his fear is pointless?
    If you can get a most recent copy of PC Magazine then it has a little article about VB9 supporting COM and such ...
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    Re: Moving to VB.NET from VB6

    Quote Originally Posted by RhinoBull
    If you can get a most recent copy of PC Magazine then it has a little article about VB9 supporting COM and such ...
    The fact that VB9 still supports COM does not mean, IMHO, that MS do not want to get rid of that technology to base everything on .NET.

    To tell the truth, my boss already wanted to move to VB.NET a couple of years ago but I discouraged him from doing so because of the difficulty related to the app deployment (the 23MB .NET Framework "Hell") and the problem of reverse engineering (cracking a VB.NET exe is a piece of cake if you don't resort to some good obfuscator).

    Now, the fact that VB6 has been abandoned by MS is persuading my boss to move to either VB.NET or REALbasic.

    Anyway, if the COM technology still has a future, he may change his mind once again...
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