Reply to Shaggy Killer

"Furthermore, you are casting about with wild ideas that you don't follow through with.
First it was the kickstarter to raise money for a new VB. That didn't seem to go anywhere."

That is still my goal, but to start a kickstarter without a clear defined plan that a large group of people support would be a waste of time.

"There was also Olaf, except that he didn't want to be 100% VB6 compatible."
I spoke with OLAF in detail, and he is willing to do a more close version of his framework with an IDE that supports .frm files. But, his gut feeling is that desktop apps are going to fade away and MS is only going to support window store apps in the near future, so he is reluctant to move forward on his new plans until win9 comes out, which will give all of us a clearer picture of where "win32" is headed.


"Now it's xerocoder, but only if there is interest. "
Yes, after many months they finally gave us an ultimatum, show us we have a large group that wants a vb6 convertor for xerocoder and we will do it. So that was a positive thing from them, and if enough people go over there and ask about it they will do it, this was not known a few months ago.

"Why would you be doing any of this if you had decided to stick with VB6? "
Well I am sticking with vb6 for now, and re-factoring my code to make it easier to move when I have to by removing third part .ocx's and trying to avoid vb6 specific calls.

"So, it sounds like you want somebody else to do something, which probably entails creating a new language or IDE, as long as it doesn't cost you any effort at all."
Well kind of, writing compilers and IDE's is not my forte, it's better left to someone with more expertise on that side. The way I look at it, If I can spearhead a convertor this will help many people in my same situation. I also think it is a BIG opportunity for a small company to grow quickly ( if they produce a true vb6 clone)

"Meanwhile you are not just saying that you don't like .NET, which is perfectly fine, but you are trying to scare others away from it with invalid reasons. Take charge yourself. If VB6 is still ok, then stick with it. If it isn't then move. But either way, make a decision and take some action on it"
I am really not trying to scare anyone, just telling you what I believe about .net, and I am not the only one. There are many scientist/software architechs, software developers, that feel the same way I do about .NET.