This thread is quite simply a troll thread. We can spit back and forth as much as we want but we all know what really inspires threads like this even though many don't want to admit it. This thread isn't about how great VB6 was and how bad VB.Net is. It isn't about bringing back VB6, it isn't about all the great software that was created in VB6. This thread and threads like it are nothing more than childish pouting. MS decided to change direction with their VB product line and certain people got mad and instead of acting like adults and making decisions based on what they have been dealt, they make threads like this to cry like children. I for one am annoyed by it, particularly because they pretend its a proper discussion. I see right through this and its annoying. I didn't like it either when they abandoned VB6 but guess what, I didn't go to forums to ***** and moan like some crybaby, I made up my mind, like an adult to give this new thing a chance and it so happened that I was pleased. If I wasn't pleased, I still wouldn't waste my energy trying to promote pipe-dreams. There are dozens of other tools I could use, I'm sure of them would have pleased me.