Care Factor Zero. I mean, nobody except the idiot managers really cares if any MS product is supported or not, do they? 1. MS's idea of support is a saggy assed jock strap. Try getting an answer to anything that's not allready in the MSDN KB if you don't believe me... and that's with a $3000/yr enterprise MSDN membership. 2. Longhorn will have to support COM32, won't it? So VB5/6 has to be good for another 5 or 6 years. Then MS will still face a revolt if Longhorn's successor doesn't support COM. "The Sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the sons unto the third generation." Sad. But true.