I remember a byte magazine article (maybe it was even on the cover) around the time of VB3 about how OO had failed in terms of what it had promised: re-use, pro

I remember a byte magazine article (maybe it was even on the cover) around the time of VB3 about how OO had failed in terms of what it had promised: re-use, productivity etc. But VB had more than succeeded on these fronts. Millions of programme were re-using these black box components. Not just the Microsoft ones. There was a big third party market as well. But it wasn't as sexy as OO. I think the article was wise enough to point out that it was OO but better than most implementations because of what it left out.