Thus the advantages of writing in VB can be applied to DOS, Windows, UNIX, and even mainframe systems. Productivity is higher, complexity is reduced. That translates into substantial cost savings. Without VBVM, many MIS shops maintain separate pools of application programmers, software tools, procedures, trainers and communication styles. Using VBVM, UNIX and VB development resources can be co-mingled for more efficient, less costly operations.
VBVM benefits can apply to many situations.
VBVM allows developers to write in VB once and execute anywhere. Use VBVM when you need to deploy applications on a variety of stand-alone hardware, or networked computer configurations such as Internets and Intranets. VBVM allows creation of more cost-effective systems. These servers talk to inexpensive dumb terminals, less expensive GUI oriented NCs, reduced-fat Windows clients, or robust Windows clients. When VBVM for embedded applications becomes available, engineers can leverage VB's ease of use to create VB enabled embedded applications.