It's similar to Microsoft Access. Not for everyone, but still did some things few other tools do out of the box. VB was a form of relatively low code, relativ

It's similar to Microsoft Access. Not for everyone, but still did some things few other tools do out of the box. VB was a form of relatively low code, relatively speaking to other ways of building applications. There was a swing from the desktop to the web, but it wouldn't be unrealistic to say building web apps that render the same html/js/css became at least a few orders of magnitude more complex during that time too. There remain personalities, belief systems and practices that believe things should be difficult and not easy to become a beginner in for it to have value for a few instead of the many.