[AccessD] Vba and Office

It is not just VBA. The VB6 certification exam is being retired next year.
http://www.devx.com/codemag/Article/17438
Funnily enough I have had a couple of people asking me about using 
Cobol.Net from Fujitsu.
to replace some mainframe apps. So it is not just C# or VB.net. You can 
dust off some of your old Cobol skills. However I have heard rumblings 
of Office 12 still using VBA.

John Colby wrote:

>...VBA programmers should face the facts and take the VS.NET plunge.
>
>And do it NOW.  VS.Net is not the smallest learning curve I have ever faced!
>
>John W. Colby
>www.colbyconsulting.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Stuart Sanders
>Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 3:43 AM
>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>Subject: [AccessD] Vba and Office
>
>
>
>This may have already been discussed on this list (I don't always actively
>follow it anymore).   The latest Woody's Office Watch had the following to
>say
>about Microsoft's Plans for Office.
>
>Stuart
>
>-----------------------------------------
>1. VISUAL STUDIO.NET FOR OFFICE 2003 SHIPS
>Er, ahem, make that "Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office
>System 2003" ships.
>
>If you're using Visual Basic for Applications, you're working with an
>orphan.
>Microsoft says it will keep VBA in one more version of Office, but with all
>the
>talk about Longhorn and Bullhorn (my name for the version of Office that'll
>ship
>with Longhorn in 2005 or 2006 or 2007), I'm skeptical - I think VBA in
>Office
>2003 is probably the last VBA we'll see. MS made essentially no enhancements
>to
>VBA in Office 2003. They don't sell an Office 2003 Developer's Edition.
>Pretty
>slim pickin's.
>
>You old (and I mean that in the kindest possible way - remember, I cut my
>teeth
>on WordBasic, which was dumped for VBA eons ago) VBA programmers should face
>the
>facts and take the VS.NET plunge. Either that, or find a better job.
>
>I mean *that* in the kindest possible way, too.
>
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Canada