Since this is now a discontinued and unsupported product from
Microsoft, is it ok to develop and sell software made with it now? I
still have my old copy from back in my college days.

"TheRoK" <name@company.com> wrote in message
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> Since this is now a discontinued and unsupported product from
> Microsoft, is it ok to develop and sell software made with it now? I
> still have my old copy from back in my college days.

Check the license agreement. Most does not change wheter the product is new,
old, or discontinued.

TheRoK wrote:
> Since this is now a discontinued and unsupported product from
> Microsoft, is it ok to develop and sell software made with it now? I
> still have my old copy from back in my college days.

I assume by "OK" that you mean its supported?
The VB6 IDE itself isn't really supported, but the runtime is supported
at least through the life of Windows Vista.

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:45:39 +0000, Dean Earley
<dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote:

By "OK" I mean....when this particular product was on the market, it
was priced at a special discount price of $99 for students only, not
for deveopment to make a profit from selling software compiled on it.
And when I was a student, this is exactly what I used it for.

Now that Visual Basic 6.0 is old, discontinued, and abandoned by
Microsoft, I was just wondering if its now ok to sell software
compiled on an academic version such as the one I still own.

Will Microsoft come after me with lawsuits now, if I try to put a few
of the programs I've written on the market?

If I must upgrade, how can I do so if this product is now abandoned by
Microsoft? I like Visual Basic a lot, and I prefer it over any other
programmng language. I don't like Dot.Net and I don't ever want to
use it.



>TheRoK wrote:
>> Since this is now a discontinued and unsupported product from
>> Microsoft, is it ok to develop and sell software made with it now? I
>> still have my old copy from back in my college days.
>
>I assume by "OK" that you mean its supported?
>The VB6 IDE itself isn't really supported, but the runtime is supported
>at least through the life of Windows Vista.

On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:53:12 GMT, Hosmerica wrote:

> I think once you tried VB.Net you'd become more "addicted" to VB.
> There are quite a few tools, snippets, tutorials and examples on
> the web to get you through the learning curve. That's my opinion
> on it anyway.

It'd be neat if there was some VB in it, too.

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"TheRoK" <name@company.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:45:39 +0000, Dean Earley
> <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote:
>
> By "OK" I mean....when this particular product was on the market, it
> was priced at a special discount price of $99 for students only, not
> for deveopment to make a profit from selling software compiled on it.
> And when I was a student, this is exactly what I used it for.
>
> Now that Visual Basic 6.0 is old, discontinued, and abandoned by
> Microsoft, I was just wondering if its now ok to sell software
> compiled on an academic version such as the one I still own.
>
> Will Microsoft come after me with lawsuits now, if I try to put a few
> of the programs I've written on the market?
>
> If I must upgrade, how can I do so if this product is now abandoned by
> Microsoft? I like Visual Basic a lot, and I prefer it over any other
> programmng language. I don't like Dot.Net and I don't ever want to
> use it.

I think once you tried VB.Net you'd become more "addicted" to VB. There are
quite a few tools, snippets, tutorials and examples on the web to get you
through the learning curve. That's my opinion on it anyway.

TheRoK <name@company.com>'s wild thoughts were released on
Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:56:43 -0500 bearing the following fruit:

>On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:45:39 +0000, Dean Earley
><dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote:
>
>By "OK" I mean....when this particular product was on the market, it
>was priced at a special discount price of $99 for students only, not
>for deveopment to make a profit from selling software compiled on it.
>And when I was a student, this is exactly what I used it for.
>
>Now that Visual Basic 6.0 is old, discontinued, and abandoned by
>Microsoft, I was just wondering if its now ok to sell software
>compiled on an academic version such as the one I still own.
>
>Will Microsoft come after me with lawsuits now, if I try to put a few
>of the programs I've written on the market?

The licence agreement would still be in effect, they may not
be maintaining the product anymore but that is not to save
licence agreements are no longer valid.

>If I must upgrade, how can I do so if this product is now abandoned by
>Microsoft? I like Visual Basic a lot, and I prefer it over any other
>programmng language. I don't like Dot.Net and I don't ever want to
>use it.

You'll probably be able to buy a cheap second hand copy (try
ebay) for less that it would have cost to upgrade anyway.

J

>
>
>>TheRoK wrote:
>>> Since this is now a discontinued and unsupported product from
>>> Microsoft, is it ok to develop and sell software made with it now? I
>>> still have my old copy from back in my college days.
>>
>>I assume by "OK" that you mean its supported?
>>The VB6 IDE itself isn't really supported, but the runtime is supported
>>at least through the life of Windows Vista.

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"Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:53:12 GMT, Hosmerica wrote:
>
>> I think once you tried VB.Net you'd become more "addicted" to VB.
>> There are quite a few tools, snippets, tutorials and examples on
>> the web to get you through the learning curve. That's my opinion
>> on it anyway.
>
> It'd be neat if there was some VB in it, too.

LOL.. I am with you on that one :-)

"Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> wrote in message
news:4754224f$0$26015$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:53:12 GMT, Hosmerica wrote:
>
>> I think once you tried VB.Net you'd become more "addicted" to VB.
>> There are quite a few tools, snippets, tutorials and examples on
>> the web to get you through the learning curve. That's my opinion
>> on it anyway.
>
> It'd be neat if there was some VB in it, too.


I don't get what you're saying. What do you mean?

Hosmerica wrote:
> "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> wrote in message
> news:4754224f$0$26015$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:53:12 GMT, Hosmerica wrote:
>>
>>> I think once you tried VB.Net you'd become more "addicted" to VB.
>>> There are quite a few tools, snippets, tutorials and examples on
>>> the web to get you through the learning curve. That's my opinion
>>> on it anyway.
>> It'd be neat if there was some VB in it, too.
>
> I don't get what you're saying. What do you mean?

A lot of people consider vb.net a completely different language to
classic vb6. The similarities are limited to some of the function names,
most of syntax and that's about it.
The .net environment is COMPLETELY different to native win32 and VB6 and
requires a fairly large change in mindset for the die hard vb6 developers

Personally, I use VB6 and C# but didn't get on with vb.net (I'm not
entirely sure why)

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