Re: A basic for W7

From	Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.misc
Subject	Re: A basic for W7
Date	2011-06-16 11:52 -0700
Organization	exMVPs.org
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Auric__ formulated on Wednesday :
> Karl E. Peterson wrote:
>
>> Auric__ laid this down on his screen : [snip]
>>> They have said specifically that while VB6 will still be supported in
>>> Windows 8 (meaning "apps written in VB6 will work there"), they make no
>>> promises beyond that.
>> 
>> Do you have a cite for that?  I'd like to make sure to track who's
>> saying that!
>
> Looks like I'm wrong about Win8. Likely I misremembered. Sigh. Sorry for any 
> confusion.
>
> This page (watch the wordwrap):
>   http://news.softpedia.com/news/Visual-Basic-6-0-on-Windows-7-but-Not-on-
> Windows-8-105474.shtml
> ...quotes Michael Epprecht of MS Switzlerand:
>   So, the VB 6 runtime will continue to be shipped with Windows 7 and Windows
>   Server 2008 R2, exactly the same way it was with Windows Vista and Windows
>   2008 Server. Beyond that, there [are] no plans to ship or support the VB6
>   runtime on future Operating Systems.
>
> Here's the current MS "Support Statement for Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows 
> Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7", last updated March 2010:
>   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/ms788708(en-us).aspx
>
> No mention there of Windows 8 at all, but since Win8 is scheduled to be 
> launched next year, I'll just take a "wait and find out" attitude.

I read one spokesmodel saying "what runs on Windows 7 will run on 
Windows 8!", but sadly I didn't save the link.  Pretty sure it was an 
actual employee, and not some phanboi.  Still wanting to track that one 
down.

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A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-04 13:46 +0200
  Re: A basic for W7 "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-04 21:12 +0000
    Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-05 09:39 +0200
  Re: A basic for W7 Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2011-06-05 11:21 +0200
    Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-05 12:34 +0200
      Re: A basic for W7 "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-05 17:43 +0000
        Re: A basic for W7 Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2011-06-06 00:16 +0200
          Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-06 16:20 +0200
          Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-07 17:00 +0200
            Re: A basic for W7 Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2011-06-07 18:05 +0200
        Re: A basic for W7 Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-06-15 15:10 -0700
          Re: A basic for W7 "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-16 02:36 +0000
            Re: A basic for W7 Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-06-16 11:52 -0700

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