[Sussex] RE: [Sussex] Moving VB to LINUX - DeLux

[Dominic Clay]

> Ulitmately Microsoft have abandened VB 6.  There is no VB compiler for
XP -
> the current one works in most cases, but with every update to a DLL it
gets
> less and less reliable and is not supported on XP, nor will it be
supported
> on the next windows server platforms.  Eventually companies will have to
> move on from NT4 and 2000 - as they become unsupported the weight of
viruses
> and secuirty cracks will make them a liability - right now Microsoft offer
> no option other than this:
>
> * Scrap the majority of your bespoke code
> * Move wholesale to a new OS (XP) and dev platform (.NET)

Good points..

I feel I should retire from the discussion.
I consider myself enlightened.  ;)

With an interview coming up this is good material to discuss the pros and
cons of the standard MS upgrade path, a question I have been asked in some
form a number of times in the past.

Cheers,
Dominic