Stumbled on this thread over the weekend.  Interesting read about the futures of VB.Net and C#, and why they may be on different paths.

First off, it's the first I have heard about c# and edit and continue.  I may have been the only one, but I was definitely happy to read that.  On the other hand, though, some of the things stated about the different paths make me worry slightly about VB.Net's future.  I hope Microsoft does not try to dumb it down for productivity, move away from the notion that VB.Net is a first class citizen.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=OY0SJiZCEHA.2256%40TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl&rnum=8&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dvb.net%2Bc%2523%2Bc%252B%252B%2B.net%2Bproductivity%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3DOY0SJiZCEHA.2256%2540TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl%26rnum%3D8