Sembra che la Sun si stia interessando a Visual Basic per la versione 7 (la 6 sta per uscire) di Java:
Java to support VB
dal link:
Sun is not trying to clone any specific version of Visual Basic. It is attempting to support common VB.Net features on the Java platform. “If you’re familiar with VB.Net, this will be a very easy-to-learn language for you,” Hamilton said of the Basic implementation Sun is working on.