Sure, I get the argument.

But I really don't think we can count on all the related .dlls/COM objects to keep getting support after what is probably their main interface is killed off.

It just doesn't make sense to kill off just vbscript and not most/all of the other stuff that went along with it. I really doubt it's mainly about the language... I think it's about all that script-host/classic asp/COM stuff.