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From: Karl E. Peterson on 17 Feb 2010 15:59
MM wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:13:20 -0800, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Horst Heinrich Dittgens wrote:
>>> I always wonder why it's such a big disussion about VB runtimes to be
>>> included or not in a future OS version.
>>
>> If they include the runtime with the OS, they're on the hook to support
>> it for the same support life as the OS itself. The VB6 runtime
>> currently enjoys a support life sunsetting in 2019. :-)
>
> ...by which date I shall be 73 and past caring.

And I have little doubt they'll still be needing to support Windows
Virtual PC and its associated XP Mode at that point, as well.

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From: bitshifter on 17 Feb 2010 19:33
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:51:01 +0000, MM <kylix_is(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:13:20 -0800, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org>
>wrote:
>
>>Horst Heinrich Dittgens wrote:
>>> I always wonder why it's such a big disussion about VB runtimes to be
>>> included or not in a future OS version.
>>
>>If they include the runtime with the OS, they're on the hook to support
>>it for the same support life as the OS itself. The VB6 runtime
>>currently enjoys a support life sunsetting in 2019. :-)
>
>...by which date I shall be 73 and past caring.

So will I be.

But passion does not die with age, it just loses stamina, no ? 8-)

From: Paul Clement on 18 Feb 2010 08:41
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:59:45 -0800, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote:

� MM wrote:
� > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:13:20 -0800, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org>
� > wrote:
� >
� >> Horst Heinrich Dittgens wrote:
� >>> I always wonder why it's such a big disussion about VB runtimes to be
� >>> included or not in a future OS version.
� >>
� >> If they include the runtime with the OS, they're on the hook to support
� >> it for the same support life as the OS itself. The VB6 runtime
� >> currently enjoys a support life sunsetting in 2019. :-)
� >
� > ...by which date I shall be 73 and past caring.
�
� And I have little doubt they'll still be needing to support Windows
� Virtual PC and its associated XP Mode at that point, as well.

The extended supported phase for XP Mode ends the same time as Windows XP - in 2014. Mainstream
support ended in 2009. XP Mode is actually a separate add-on for Windows 7 Pro or higher so it
doesn't fall under the support category of that OS.

I believe that the separate VPC 2007 product is 2012 for mainstream and 2017 for extended.


Paul
~~~~
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
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