http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2005/03/16/396920.aspxMicrosoft Visual Studio 2005 , code named Whidbey, will radically improve developer productivity while continuing to provide full access to the Microsoft .NET Framework. If early feedback from our beta customers is any indication, this will move the dialen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2005/03/16/396920.aspx#398801Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:51:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:398801Jonathan WestEric Rudder made a proforma statement about VB6, to the effect that Microsoft was banking on VB.NET, support for VB6 is &quot;transitioning&quot; (i.e. winding down as per schedule), Whidbey &quot;helps&quot; migration in carefully unstated ways, and Office 12 will have VBA (but nothing was said about the longer term future of VBA). <br> <br>He was not interested in engaging with any questions that were asked, but instead went on to other issues. <br> <br>All in all, it amounted to a deafening silence directed towards the VB6 developer community. He gave the impression that he hoped the issue would just go away.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=398801" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2005/03/16/396920.aspx#398360Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:40:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:398360S. SomasegarAnd, I would love to hear your feedback if you get a chance to participate in the chat tomorrow morning. <br> <br>- somasegar<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=398360" width="1" height="1">