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It's coincidental to have this announcement come on the same day Bill Gates announced he is resigning from the Microsoft board (I'm sure completely unrelated).
by sytelus 7y ago
It's coincidental to have this announcement come on the same day Bill Gates announced he is resigning from the Microsoft board (I'm sure completely unrelated). Microsoft was founded on the idea of writing Basic interpreter by Gates so a legacy of 45 years from both has ended today.
- cm2187 7y agoMicrosoft pretty much annonced the would treat VB.net as legacy 2/3 years ago. This is just Thurott realising it now.
- int_19h 7y agoGates was still a huge fan of BASIC in 1990s, and I think VB would probably not be what it became at its peak without him constantly pushing it to the front of Windows dev stack.