Originally Posted by
WizBang
An improvement to VB6 would be to enable it to produce true, stand-alone executables. In other words; without the need for any runtime dll files. But .net takes it completely in the opposite (wrong) direction, with an entire "framework" monstrosity (runtime dependencies), managed code, and more overhead than in our wildest dreams. IMHO, .net is not much more than a competitor to Java. And like Java, .net finds a place within companies who need proprietary software, which is not for wide commercial distribution.