Microsoft continues to treat VB as a 2nd class citizen

re: Microsoft continues to treat VB as a 2nd class citizen

Matthew Wills — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:44:16 GMT

It is a shame to see the prejudice against VB continue...

I have worked predominantly in VB4/5/6 and now VB.NET. Now that my employer works primarily in C# I see two things:

a) They are 98% the same.

b) With regards to the 2% difference, I tend to prefer the VB.NET way (not all the times, but usually).

I applaud your bringing to our attention MS' (sometimes) poor attitude to such a great programming language.

re: Microsoft continues to treat VB as a 2nd class citizen

Blaine — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:21:39 GMT

Thanks for "standing in the gap" for the rest of us when it comes to this issue. VB is fantastic - I came across it with VB3 and have been with it ever since.

Ahhhh....if only it had been around when I was 7 years old.

re: Microsoft continues to treat VB as a 2nd class citizen

bill — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:09:59 GMT

Hi Steve,

That a 7 year old can build an app in VB is a good thing ! When you become a *real* developer you might understand that.

re: Microsoft continues to treat VB as a 2nd class citizen

bill — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:08:49 GMT

Hi Bill,

Yeh the "lead" for the "community" around Health Fault is of course an ex C# guy who seemed to see VB as the competition . Sad to see that impact on their customers. What's the bets Google doesn't make the same mistake ;)

re: Microsoft continues to treat VB as a 2nd class citizen

Steve — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:41:26 GMT

Maybe you should become a real developer and stop using the preschool language. My 7 year old can build apps in VB.

You're never going to win a NASCAR race if you show up in a Pinto.

re: Microsoft continues to treat VB as a 2nd class citizen

Bill Booth — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:32:52 GMT

And here is some more. Looks like a trend.

HealthVault FAQ

Are the SDK samples available in VB?

Currently, all of our samples are available only in C#.

http://tinyurl.com/67wnt7

re: Microsoft continues to treat VB as a 2nd class citizen

bill — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:24:45 GMT

Yeh maybe the world should lay down and let the bigots take over. Thanks John.

re: Microsoft continues to treat VB as a 2nd class citizen

John — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:07:02 GMT

Maybe you should stop complaining about it and accept it. unsubscribed.