http://blogs.msdn.com/goto100/archive/2008/08/06/visual-basic-2008-express-edition-1-in-the-uk.aspxI remembered Paul Vick (VB team) spoke to Scott end of 2008 – and as part of that Paul mentioned four interesting metrics. Visual Basic is the #1 .NET language (as reported by Forrester Research) Visual Basic is the #1 downloaded and #1 registered Expressen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/goto100/archive/2008/08/06/visual-basic-2008-express-edition-1-in-the-uk.aspx#8847781Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:12:29 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8847781int19h<p>&gt; Visual Basic is the #1 .NET language (as reported by Forrester Research)</p> <p>So, time to move all the Microsoft.VisualBasic.* namespaces into the stock System hierarchy, then?</p>