[Info-vax] BridgeWorks

[Gary Sparkes]

On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 03:31:28 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:58:09 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
>> Interesting. I wonder if it is a retro thing or there are still VB6
>> applications out there that need to be maintained.
> 
> Would you entrust mission-critical business functions to obsolete,
> unsupported software?

Oddly enough, VB6 runtime is fully supported on the "latest and greatest" 
as a core OS shipping feature. The IDE and compiler etc aren't, but VB6 
runtimes themselves have a support guarantee from microsoft so that old 
software can continue to function.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-
basic-6/visual-basic-6-support-policy