Perhaps, but I think it offered people who didn't have exposure to C-like language syntax, an easier upgrade path for their own skills. I was writing stuff in

Perhaps, but I think it offered people who didn't have exposure to C-like language syntax, an easier upgrade path for their own skills. I was writing stuff in VBA and a little VB6. The move to VB.NET was made easier because of the synax similarities. My move from VB.NET to C# was made easier because by then I understood the framework, and it was just a matter of learning the syntax differences. Maybe that's not such a big deal with a lot more people having exposure to C-like syntax languages like Javascript.