Support Dates Released

[Jay Glynn]

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0%2C%2...6897%2C00.html

Support available until 2008
Limited support after 2005
No plans for VB6 on 64 bit machines.

[W.E.(Bill) Goodrich, PhD]

In article <3c989f48$1@10.1.10.29>,
"Jay Glynn" <jlsglynn@hotmail.com> writes:

> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0%2C%2...6897%2C00.html

> Support available until 2008
> Limited support after 2005
> No plans for VB6 on 64 bit machines.

A few facts you left out:

MSDN Library support is already gone.

Starting in 2005, "users will have to pay, and the level of support
will be reduced, until the product is retired in 2008."

The main focus is forcing migration to .NET.



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[Jay Glynn]

>The main focus is forcing migration to .NET.

<yawn>

[Kevin Moore]

Don't be too harsh on Bill, from the article:

"There seems little doubt that the main focus is on helping users to move
to Visual Studio .Net. "

Kevin


"Jay Glynn" <jlsglynn@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>The main focus is forcing migration to .NET.
>
><yawn>

[Kunle Odutola]

"W.E.(Bill) Goodrich, PhD" <bgoodric@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:3C98CEB7.63DCADAB@netzero.net...
> In article <3c989f48$1@10.1.10.29>,
> "Jay Glynn" <jlsglynn@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0%2C%2...6897%2C00.html
>
> > Support available until 2008
> > Limited support after 2005
> > No plans for VB6 on 64 bit machines.
>
> A few facts you left out:
>
> MSDN Library support is already gone.

So is VB6. You did keep your old MSDN (and VB6) discs right?

> Starting in 2005, "users will have to pay, and the level of support
> will be reduced, until the product is retired in 2008."

I am not surprised. Any company offering free support forever can count me
out as a customer. I *know* they won't be around to fulfil that promise...

> The main focus is forcing migration to .NET.

What evidence can you provide to support this statement?. And no, the
opinion expressed by another _person_ in the article isn't evidence. "Forced
migration" suggests coersion and lack of alternatives....

Kunle