Visual Basic and C# at the Crossroads -- Visual Studio Magazine

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“At the time, Wiltamuth wrote, Microsoft wanted Visual Basic .NET to appeal to Visual Basic 6 developers focused on business- and data-centric applications, while C# targeted Java and C++ developers programming in the enterprise and for ISVs.”

I remember developer and organizing an MSDN Webcast mini-series called Modern Software Development in .NET using Visual Basic (February-May 2004) . This webcast mini series ran from February through May and helped VB6 developers to really take the deep dive into Visual Basic.NET. Dr. Hummel did a great job on that webcast mini-series and it really drove some big numbers back then and helped drive community and developer N-SAT for our MSDN Webcasts program. A lot of this is community driven, and I’m proud to say, that Microsoft had chosen to be heavily entrenched in the developer community to drive our product development decisions.

Visual Basic and C# at the Crossroads -- Visual Studio Magazine