NET is only the latest big bet from a company that likes to bet big.
And you, as a VB developer, are part of the ante, whether you want to be or not. If you want to use the much-touted features provided in the next version of VB, you must adopt Microsoft's .NET framework. Frankly, these developers would like to see this kind of upgrade for VB6 regardless of the success of Visual Studio. You get the same IntelliSense and debugging support you're accustomed to, but now you can target the Web as easily as the desktop. It has been VBPJ 's longstanding policy not to cover products that aren't shipping.