on the counter of the idea which u said, that VB ll be omitted because of C#.........VB ll stay alive for a long time coming, not because of anything , just because its really the most popular programming language(this doesnt mean its the best of course)
the wide range of ppl using VB ll protect it from getting dead
and if we imagine that microsoft ll not support it once( such thing isnt even an idea for the future for micosoft right now ) they ll keep support it for long years as a step to get it away
