# Some great podcasts on VB6 -> .NET and more...
I was reading the [dotnetjunkies.com](https://dotnetjunkies.com) newsletter and I spotted these [podcasts](https://www.ddj.com/podcast/dotnetcast/), a series of them that I have never noticed before, even though they definitely the kind of content I'd be interested in hearing.

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> Moving to .NET from VB6 and C++](https://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/dev051026dnc/ "http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/dev051026dnc/")

> Juval Lowy discusses the different perspectives that VB6 and C++ developers

> bring to .NET including the challenges each group faces with the technology.

> (MP3 audio, 16:32 mins.)
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> VB6 Glass Ceiling](https://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/ddj051018dnc/ "http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/ddj051018dnc/")

> .NET Software Legend Juval Lowy offers his thoughts on the non-linear

> relationship between VB6 application complexity and developer capabilities in

> this provocative interview. (MP3 audio, 16:19 mins.)
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> Perf Stats of the Upgrade Tools](https://www.ddj.com/documents/ddj051007dnc/ "http://www.ddj.com/documents/ddj051007dnc/")

> Keith Pleas discusses the performance characteristics of the Upgrade Wizard and

> VB6 Assessment tool, and Microsoft Product Manager Eugenio Pace describes the

> status of the VB6 to VB.NET Upgrade guide and availability of the VB6 Assessment

> tool. (MP3 audio, 13:51 mins.)
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> .NET Upgrade Metrics and the Migration Assessment Tool](https://www.ddj.com/documents/ddj050927dnc/ "http://www.ddj.com/documents/ddj050927dnc/")

> Keith Pleas of Keith Pleas & Associates explains how the new .NET Migration

> Assessment Tool provides stats across multiple projects to help measure upgrade

> costs. He also discusses cleaning up dead code before updating and the risks of

> memory pinning in a managed environment. (MP3 audio, 14:18 mins)
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> More Pod Casts >>](https://www.ddj.com/podcast/dotnetcast/ "http://www.ddj.com/podcast/dotnetcast/")