Wie die Zeit vergeht ... Glückwunsch an alle VB-Fans... AlexB, gibt es eine Fete irgendwo? 
"... Microsoft Announces Visual Basic at Windows World '91 General-Purpose, High-Productivity Programming System for Microsoft Windows
ATLANTA -- May 20, 1991 -- Microsoft today announced MicrosoftR Visual BasicTM programming system at the Windows World '91 industry trade show. Visual Basic is a graphical application development system for Microsoft WindowsTM graphical environment version 3.0 that combines visual design tools with a powerful, general-purpose programming language and Windows .EXE compiler. It provides a simple solution to the complex task of creating real Windows-based software applications..."
[1] http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2006/05/24/12200.aspx