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Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[–] eee@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well it's gotta be done some time... otherwise we end up with another version of COBOL.

[–] Dee@lemmings.world 6 points 1 year ago

otherwise we end up with another version of COBOL.

We're already there, I don't see VBA being phased out of accounting or finance for at least a decade and I'm not even sure then.

[–] Melkath@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Or how about this... we use what works and stop throwing the world into chaos every 4 years so Microsoft can sell their next 50k/year enterprise application.