Although it is true bear in mind that Vista stops supporting 16 bit
applications (DOS & Win 3.1). But you may will be able to use your old dos
apps under some emulated environments (like dosemu under linux).

Tamas


On 21/08/06, Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
>
> Robert A LaBudde wrote:
>
> > At 02:49 AM 8/21/2006, Mike wrote:
> >> Visual Studio 6 with VB6 works fine under Windows XP. Keep on using it
> >> for the next quarter of century. What's the point of your message?
> >
> > 25 years ago there was no IBM PC ...
>
> I think there was: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/ibm-pc-5150.html
>
> > ... or Windows. You certainly are optimistic about the lifetime of
> > software tools. No doubt you expect Windows XP to be around in 25 years
> > as well.
>
> I'm sure you know that in many places there are still DOS applications in
> use, running on DOS. So much for the lifetime of software...
>
> Just because Microsoft stops supporting something officially doesn't mean
> you have to stop using it. You may not be able to get much new software
> for
> your WinXP computer in 25 years, and may not be able to run WinXP on any
> recent hardware platform, but you may be able to run it on your current
> computer (that you keep alive with scavenged parts from other oldies :).
> Or
> on something similar, but more current (like those neat little PC boards
> that run MS-DOS and applications for it just fine).
>
> Same goes for VB6. Microsoft stopped supporting it. How often did you use
> Microsoft support for VB6? Chances are never (at least most never did).
> Microsoft still provides some support, though:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/default.aspx
>
> If you want to be really safe from vendor "crashes", you need to use open
> source (not necessarily free) software -- and have the manpower to support
> it yourself if the vendor doesn't. IMO it's not guaranteed that any vendor
> will keep up with OS changes. Not even a support contract helps you if a
> vendor throws the towel. It also isn't guaranteed that your chosen vendor
> makes the move with you to a different OS. I can easily envision myself
> working primarily on something other than Windows in ten years.
>
> I'm not saying there are not a few good arguments for PowerBASIC. But last
> I checked (granted, that was a while ago :), my VB6 still compiles, even
> after Microsoft stopped supporting it :)
>
> Gerhard
>
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