From: Larry Serflaten on 10 Jun 2010 21:38 "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote > >> Here's a VB6 forum in French: > >> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/fr-FR/vb6fr/threads > >> > >> Here's a VB5/6 forum in Spanish: > >> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/es-ES/vb56es/threads > > > > Those miserable bastards. They would have to start giving MVPs for classic > > VB, wouldn't they? And they don't want to do that. > > Tell it to the horse: steveb(a)microsoft.com :-) I would send off an email if I thought I might actually use an english forum. But adding a similar forum for english speakers just isn't a remedy for the mess they've created.... LFS
From: C. Kevin Provance on 10 Jun 2010 21:43 "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message news:hus3l0$8qm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... : > C'mon Karl... : > : > You're not anything if not blatant! : > : > <g> : > LFS : : I just wanted another dingleball... <sniff> I sympathize. Every man is entitled to a pair of dingleballs. -- Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Bawwk! Paulie want a dingleball, bawwk!
From: Karl E. Peterson on 10 Jun 2010 21:52 Ulrich Korndoerfer wrote: >> Here's a VB6 forum in French: >> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/fr-FR/vb6fr/threads >> >> Here's a VB5/6 forum in Spanish: >> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/es-ES/vb56es/threads > > Glad to see you found those. I was too. It helped me shame a few folks in Redmond who told me there wouldn't be any VB6 forums at all. I could say, "See, they lied to you, too!" > I used the existence of those to plea for a VB6 > german forum. We have it now, although under the misleading title > > "Visual Basic 6.0 - Interoperabilit�t und Upgrade" > > named after the english forum > > "Visual Basic Interop and Upgrade" Interesting! > However the chartas differ: > > "Diskutieren Sie hier Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)-Themen oder besprechen Sie, wie > Sie Ihre Anwendung von VB6 zu VB.NET migrieren k�nnen." > > roughly translated to > > "Discuss Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)-themes or discuss how to migrate your > application from VB6 to VB.NET". > > In opposite the english forum charta: > > "Discuss how to do upgrades of VB6 code to VB.NET. Covers questions on > interop features, Interop Forms Toolkit, Upgrade wizard, but NOT for > questions about VB6." > > See the difference? Oh yeah! Big effin difference! > Ongoing efforts try to switch at least forum naming. > > German VB6 forum link: > > <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/de-DE/vbklassikde/threads> > > Note the vbklassikde part :-) I like that. I like that A LOT! :-D Thanks... Karl -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org
From: Karl E. Peterson on 10 Jun 2010 22:14 C. Kevin Provance wrote: > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message > news:hus3l0$8qm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> C'mon Karl... >>> >>> You're not anything if not blatant! >>> >>> <g> >>> LFS >> >> I just wanted another dingleball... <sniff> > > I sympathize. Every man is entitled to a pair of dingleballs. Truer words... -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org
From: Karl E. Peterson on 10 Jun 2010 22:16
Larry Serflaten wrote: > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote > >>>> Here's a VB6 forum in French: >>>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/fr-FR/vb6fr/threads >>>> >>>> Here's a VB5/6 forum in Spanish: >>>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/es-ES/vb56es/threads >>> >>> Those miserable bastards. They would have to start giving MVPs for classic >>> VB, wouldn't they? And they don't want to do that. >> >> Tell it to the horse: steveb(a)microsoft.com :-) > > I would send off an email if I thought I might actually use an english > forum. But adding a similar forum for english speakers just isn't > a remedy for the mess they've created.... Oh, I agree with that. It'd take away some of the "outlaw" aspect, too. What fun would that be? The more I play in the forums, the more I'm convinced I'll be here on usenet until it really is shot and killed for good. -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org |