vb6lives

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1. 31.▲
   by vb6lives 8y ago

   I've seen the same. We were close to finalizing a sale for a huge company before some non-technical exec insisted on using Oracle for the backend. Then it became a huge sticking point. Our cto joked that he must be getting a kickback.
2. 32.▲
   by vb6lives 8y ago

   > A web page from 1994 still renders unmodified today, on any platform, and will for the foreseeable future. Rose tinted glasses. There was a time not too long ago where IE6 was virtually required because of activex, vbscript, ie specifi
3. 33.▲
   by vb6lives 8y ago

   The design and execution of the site is really terrible. The banner loads immediately then the content pops in after a 3-4 second delay.
4. 34.▲
   by vb6lives 8y ago

   I'm sure the hacker news crowd leans more to web apps and mac/*nix. The first headline never mentions "windows".
5. 35.▲
   by vb6lives 8y ago

   You just have to get rid of the words "visual basic". It has a terrible reputation by the thousands of people who have never used it but like to parrot things they have read online.
6. 36.▲
   by vb6lives 8y ago

   The marketing is all wrong. I've used vb6 for 20+ years. The advantage is that you can get a Windows app running in seconds. But vb6 is tainted by opinions (some right, but mostly wrong). Forget VB. Focus on RAD. Show how easy it is to