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well, if it's so great that you can run old apps, what if one of those old apps you run, you want to make a tiny change to it? but there's gonna be security is
by benatkin 4y ago
well, if it's so great that you can run old apps, what if one of those old apps you run, you want to make a tiny change to it?
but there's gonna be security issues.
still it shows that Microsoft's legendary (albeit narrow) backward compatibility doesn't really mean a whole lot, except for sounding cool
> you’ve probably got a 20-year-old license for the IDE already
As for this, no, someone could pick up an old app written by someone else, or lost their copy of the license, or maybe the license belonged to a company they no longer work for. Also it apparently doesn't apply to the person asking the question...
- Kwpolska 4y agoYou can get a copy of the VB6 IDE with a Visual Studio subscription if you really need it. It works on Windows 11 — you can search for "visual basic 6 windows 11" on YouTube to see it in action (I’m not linking to any videos, since those videos tend to suggest less legal ways to acquire software).
- benatkin 4y ago> with a Visual Studio subscription ...as the answer to the question says. > less legal ways Because of Microsoft. Microsoft is being unhelpful here as usual
- Kwpolska 4y agoI don’t understand your problem with the tool being available in a VS subscription. > Because of Microsoft. Microsoft is being unhelpful here as usual Windows 11 can be bought in many places, including microsoft.com. All you need is a spare $140 or so. People pirate it anyway. Is Microsoft being unhelpful by expecting payment for software?