vb6lives

> A web page from 1994 still renders unmodified today, on any platform, and will for the foreseeable future.

Rose tinted glasses.

There was a time not too long ago where IE6 was virtually required because of activex, vbscript, ie specific markup, etc.

The design and execution of the site is really terrible. The banner loads immediately then the content pops in after a 3-4 second delay.

I'm sure the hacker news crowd leans more to web apps and mac/*nix. The first headline never mentions "windows".

You just have to get rid of the words "visual basic". It has a terrible reputation by the thousands of people who have never used it but like to parrot things they have read online.

The marketing is all wrong. I've used vb6 for 20+ years. The advantage is that you can get a Windows app running in seconds. But vb6 is tainted by opinions (some right, but mostly wrong). Forget VB. Focus on RAD. Show how easy it is to build a UI. The vb6 ide is unparalleled in modern software. It's shocking how bad things are.