I'd say if a VB developer gives you a contemptful response, then they're trying to cover up an inferiority complex.
I think of VB "apps" as more like "plugins" to Windows. Ask them to run their VB app on a non-Windows OS.
If you want to be _really_ mean to a VB programmer, ask them
to solve a problem on a chalk board without their IDE's to
'method complete' their code for them. >:)