From: dgk on
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx#4

I was at a user group meeting last night and we were discussing how to
get more girls interested in programming. Someone mentioned the Small
Basic project so I looked it up today and it seems like a good way to
get all kids interested in programming.

Visual Studio really has gotten very complicated and I guess it can be
pretty overwhelming for newbies and kids. Take a look; if you know
some smart young ladies, see if they enjoy doing this. I'm going to
try it out on my eight year old niece.