Microsoft has a strong commitment (and strong incentive) to helping the VB6 community move into VB.NET. Many features in Whidbey (Visual Studio 2005) are specifically geared toward making VB.NET more accessible to existing VB6 developers. In preparation for the Visual Studio 2005 release, Microsoft has dedicated people to the job of coming up with ways to help people move.

 

The new VBRun web site is one of the first big moves in that direction. This site is all about VB6 today, and how to make VB6 work with VB.NET. No one, least of all Microsoft, expects the move to happen instantly and this site tries to bring a level of fusion between VB6 and VB.NET.