How many users still develop with Visual C++ 6 or 7.0?

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How many users still develop with Visual C++ 6 or 7.0?

Hello,

We are developing a SDK for our tools and provide libraries for Visual C++ 6, 7.0, 7.1 and 8.0. Since it is quite difficult to maintain 4 versions, I am wondering if it makes sense to discard libraries designed for Visual C++ 6 and Visual C++ 7.0 and keep only 7.1 and 8.0

Does someone know what is the percentage of VC6, 7.0, 7.1 and 8.0 currently on the market

Thank you!
Laurent

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How many users still develop with Visual C++ 6 or 7.0?

  • cherriesh

    Yep, that sounds about right for both my own experience and what I see at these forums. The key issue here though is: how many of your customers are going to get ticked-off because you forced them to shell out $750 bucks to buy VS2005 and spend the time to learn it. The latter dwarfing the out-of-pocket expense of course. You could potentially lose about a third of them (well, a quarter) if your product has been around for a while. Can you afford that Can they go somewhere else Can they ignore your updates too for a while



  • jch02140

    If you take a tour on several forums like Codeproject you'll realize that it's still one of the top languages used.

  • okiebugmv

    I would agree with Ted that 6.0 is still widely used. According to a poll at codeproject.com, 37% of people still use 6.0 (or earlier).

    http://codeproject.com/script/survey/detail.asp survey=537



  • kins_z

    I've no idea of the numbers, but my sense is that 6.0 is still widely used (mainly by those that detest the IDE of 7.x and above), 7.0 not so much (since 7.1 came out only a year after 7.0 most people I know moved up to 7.1).  7.1 is used a lot. And 8.0 is catching on.
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