Visual Basic and the other languages created by Microsoft are commercial products that are not available for free distribution. These products can be purchased in many venues, and the reader is invited to visit http://www.microsoft.com/vstudio for information on Microsoft Visual Studio, of which Visual Basic is a member, or http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/ (which discusses Visual Basic in detail). Many universities offer Visual Basic in their bookstores at academic priceing, which is deeply discounted. In addition, a Working Model of Visual Basic (which is good for learning purposes) is available as a part of many text books on Visual Basic.