What if there was a NEW vb6

[Niya]

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.

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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.

Obligatory xkcd

If you think it's a troll thread, why not do the obvious thing and just ignore it? Because it seems a tad hypocritical to call other people in this thread childish after your multi-post rant about reviving obsolete tech.

(Also, if discussions like this bother you so much, why perpetuate it by jumping in with both feet? That's Obvious Internet Behavior 101.)

Maybe, maybe not.

The thing is, though, that folks are free to create whatever threads they wish, expressing whatever opinions they wish, and other folks are free to respond with agreement or disagreement. Folks are free to offer up alternatives, even if it's an alternative the OP has and will dismiss, or they are free to simply reinforce the OP's views. The one thing they are not free to do is to behave aggressively toward each other.

Something I will say in AxisDJ's favour: when engaged politely and reasonably he responds politely and reasonably. Indeed, when some of the VB6 fans were becoming aggressive and "trolly" a while back (not so much in this thread but you don't have to look far to find them) his has been one of loudest voices telling them to stop, not just in this forum but also in the user voice forums and on his own blog. We may not owe him our agreement but we do owe him our courtesy.

For the record I don't think AxisDJ is anything less than 100% serious in his efforts. I think he's wrong, but he's allowed to be. And at the end of the day, if he is wrong, then he will own the consequences.

At the risk of sounding like a sycophant, I just wanted to say that your posts in this thread have been consistently great. I really appreciate your efforts to bring civility and rational thought to heated discussions like this.