Quote Originally Posted by si_the_geek
Visual Studio Express is actually Visual Studio.Net Express (they are dropping .Net from their product names, as they no longer support anything else); VB6 was part of Visual Studio 98, and has not been available from Microsoft for a long time.

I think going for the Express edition of VB is a good idea tho, it allows you to "dip your toe" before commiting to an actual purchase (and may be enough for you anyway).
Care to link me to some disadvantages of the Express editions? I can't seem to find any and I'm considering going through my old chest of stuff to find my .NET cd's...but to save the 5 disk install, I downloaded C# Express. So what are the main disadvantages?

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