Hi Tom,

That's a question for which there will be very, very long answers.  But to
simplify it, vb .net - as opposed to any other vb, is fully object oriented
and can be used to develop very sophisticated systems.  VB 6 was partially
an object language, but had certain limitations.

If you're getting started with programming, set up vs .net and try your hand
at both vb .net and c#.

Bernie Yaeger

Tom,

Almost the same as all types of C although C++, Java and C# are here full
OOP and with VB only VBNet.

Cor

Ther is a very detailed site that lists the products and feature sets which
should give you all you need. I think it's www.microsoft.com, but you might
have to look beyond the 1st page