by John Browne, on Jun 8, 2017 3:23:06 PM
VB6: will it ever go away? Maybe not--the current (June 2017) TIOBE index shows Visual Basic (not VB.NET) at #16 (down from 11th a year ago). Maybe that sounds irrelevant, …
Read Storyby John Browne, on May 17, 2017 9:00:00 AM
Friday May 12 saw the worst cyber attack in years, as a worm (WannaCry, Wanna, or Wcry) spread through computer networks encrypting files and demanding a ransom of anywhere from …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Apr 19, 2017 7:30:00 AM
Migrating off VB6 has never been more important. Every passing day VB6 gets riskier and more problematic to keep around. Millions of lines of Visual Basic 6.0 code still run …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Apr 1, 2017 6:00:00 AM
Our skunkworks team has been working overtime on a new product that I think is a real game changer. Before I tell you about it, let me set the stage …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Jan 24, 2017 9:29:26 AM
Who's using WebMAP and what's the ROI? The most common question we get at Mobilize.Net is "Can you show me a customer like me who's using it?" That's an easy …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 26, 2016 8:05:04 AM
In past blogs we've talked about when automated migration of legacy apps makes sense compared to a full rewrite--usually when you have significant business logic in the code which you …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Dec 9, 2015 6:00:00 AM
Recently a customer wrote us, saying "Hey, if Microsoft says VB6 is still supported and will be for years and years, why should I worry? Why bother to migrate my …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 21, 2015 6:00:00 AM
When I worked in the Visual C++ (now Visual Studio) group at Microsoft, one of the breakthroughs came when our fearless leader, Denis Gilbert, insisted we "eat our own dogfood" …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Apr 2, 2015 2:55:06 PM
Note: the following is courtesy of Hugo Fernandez, who is responsible for much of the recent improvements in the VBUC. I asked Hugo for some specific improvements made to the …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Jul 15, 2014 2:36:00 PM
There's been a strong push by the user community to open-source VB6 in order to ensure a better future for both the language and the developers. In early June, Microsoft …
Read Story9130 Jollyville Rd, Suite 175
Austin, TX 78759
Call us: +1 (425) 609-8458
info@wearegap.com