[RESOLVED] Is VB 6.0 Really Dead ????? is it free now ?????

[IanS]

At first it was the size of the framework that put me off developing my own shareware apps in .Net (Dialup just too slow) but with broadband the size isn't such a problem anymore.

My gripe isn't the 'size' of the framework anymore. It's that when I download other developer's apps, tools and utilities from the internet they invariably demand a specific version of the framework. Even though I already have the framework installed they often demand an OLDER version of the framework so I have to go off somewhere and download that version too just to please the installer (why is that ? bad installer setup ?)

If I'm testing a trial version of software and it tells me to go and download a version of the framework then I simply uninstall/quit the installation and go and look for something else.

In my experience a VB6 application just works right out of the box.

Although at this stage I don't think I'd start a brand new project using VB6 - I think I'd take serious look at other, non-ms, development environments because I just get sick of seeing those prompts to download version x of the framework.