Visual Basic.NET is an extremely different product from the old Visual Basic 6.0 and cannot be considered a subsequent version.

Not only has the way of programming changed, but the whole concept of object orientation has brought power to the language. Microsoft simply discontinued the old Visual Basic 6.0, making the product similar to the other Visual Studio languages, similar in terms of resources and portability, because Visual Basic.NET is still very different from languages such as Visual C++, C#, etc.

However, this new version has brought Visual Basic.NET closer to the major programming languages, increasing its acceptance by Java and even C++ programmers, although Java programmers who migrate to Microsoft's .NET platform prefer C#.

Although the language is similar to the old Visual Basic 6.0, migrating to the new platform and using Visual Basic.NET is easier for programmers who use object-oriented languages. Programmers of the old Visual Basic 6.0 who are used to event-orientation encounter some difficulties when using Visual Basic.NET.

Developers can create a wide range of web, mobile, Windows and Office applications with the same .Net Framework, which currently has version 4.0.