That’s actually not technically true about VBScript. What would be more true would be to say “VBScript is an example of a scripting language that has been used mostly on the Server-side as the primary language for Microsoft’s ASP even though it can be used as a client-side scripting language in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.”

You could go on to say “There are several reasons why VBScript has not been widely accepted as a client-side scripting language with the most important being that it didn’t work in Netscape’s Navigator back in client-side scripting’s formative years, and also doesn’t work in FireFox, Safari, or Opera now. Another important reason by Javascript trumped VBScript for the lead on the client is because VBScript is a much less powerful language than Javascript.”

Yes, it is a mouthful and I could have wordsmithed it down, but given the context, why go to the effort?

P.S. I have over 10 years experience programming in VBScript, and am just now really starting to learn Javascript in earnest, so for me to say the latter is more powerful is telling…