The reason for this is because VB6 is the closest thing to being a true BASIC. Even to this day, a lot of people get turned off by VB.Net cause of all the .NET commands they have to memorize, not to mention the This.That.This.That.DoSomething style of syntax, as well as switching to different configurations with the .NET versions just to get something working. Not too many people go for that. For some people, VB6 is much easier to learn than VB.NET. For others, its vise versa. Its why to this day worldwide, VB6 continues to be used to this very day. Even I still use VB6 a heck of a lot more than VB.Net, and I have Windows 7... mostly cause I feel Windows 8 sucks and don't feel its worth switching to unless I'm using a touch screen. But I'm using my computer from my couch with my 40" HDTV being my monitor and a wireless keyboard, with the laptop being hooked in using an HDMI cable, sooooo yeah. Anyways, I even written a fully functional Nintendo Emulator in VB6 (see my sig below.) I just get massive sized projects so much more done faster. Also codewise, VB6 can do things in one or two lines of code, whereas in VB.Net, its vise versa for other things. VB.Net (especially 2010) is also a massive memory hog, and tends to crash once in awhile....on my gaming laptop of all things! At least the Express edition. Can't imagine what it would do with a basic laptop. However I haven't tested VB.Net 2012 yet. In my honest opinion, VB.Net is starting to look more and more like Java without the semicolons for every new version to come out. I understand .NET gurus will shoot my post down, but you guys gotta understand it from a 16 year VB6 user who used VB.Net for nearly a decade. To this day I feel VB6 is much much easier, even to learn programming in general.