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    1. COWhy is this not a good idea? What are the possible "compatibility" and "ability to upgrade" problems? I'll agree that "stylistically" speaking, most C# programmers would prefer not to use classes from a namespace called `VisualBasic`, but that's only in their head. There's no reality to that feeling. It would just as well be called the `Microsoft.MakeMyLifeEasierWithAlreadyImplementedMethods` namespace.
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    2. COIn general, the Microsoft.VisualBasic package is meant to simplify upgrading code from VB 6 only. Microsoft keeps threatening to permanently sunset VB (though this will probably never actually happen), so future support for this namespace is not guaranteed. Additionally, one of the advantages to .Net is supposed to be portability - the same code will run on any platform that has the .Net framework installed. Microsoft.VisualBasic, however, is not guaranteed to be available on any other platform (including, for what it's worth, .Net mobile, where it is not available at all).
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    3. CO**Incorrect.** That's the `Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility` sub-namespace, not the entire thing. Lots of "core" functionality is included in the `Microsoft.VisualBasic` namespace; it isn't going anywhere. Microsoft has threatened to "sunset" VB 6, not VB.NET. They've promised *repeatedly* that it's not going anywhere. Some people still don't seem to have figured out the difference...
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