If your interested in getting a free REALbasic Windows Edition key, go ahead and visit this site.  This offer is technically valid only for owners of Visual Basic 6, but anybody can get a copy.  REALbasic is very similar to Visual Basic, only that it can compile on Windows, Mac, and Linux.  Also, compiled REALbasic applications have the runtime library included in the executable so that the end-user does not need to have the library preinstalled.

I have been using REALbasic for about a year, and can highly recommend it for anyone looking for a quick, easy to learn/use BASIC language.  Below is a copy of the message that I got after getting my key.  This new version (5.5.5) is much better than past versions and I feel that it surpasses Visual Basic in usability. 

[quote]Hi ,

Welcome to the REALbasic community. I want to personally thank you for
requesting your free REALbasic key and for considering REALbasic as your
alternative to Visual Basic.

Since we started giving away REALbasic keys to Visual Basic users two weeks
ago, more than 10,000 new Windows developers like you have joined the
REALbasic community. Unlike Visual Basic, REALbasic is fully supported and
we will continue to improve it constantly based on feedback from you, our
new users.

We are so excited by the positive response from the Visual Basic user
community that we have decided to extend our offer of free REALbasic
license keys through April 15, 2005. And we would like to ask for your help
in getting the word out to more Visual Basic users who might not yet know
about REALbasic.

To reward you for your time and effort, we are turning this into a contest.
We have generated a unique URL for you to share with your friends and
colleagues who might be interested in REALbasic. Every time someone
requests a free REALbasic license key via this URL, you will receive
credit. After the offer ends on Friday, April 15, we will count up the
referrals and award a prize to the top 100 people who bring us the most new
users.

The prize for the top 100 people is an upgrade to REALbasic Professional
Edition for Windows and 12-months of software maintenance (collectively
worth more than $500).

Your personalized URL to share with your friends and colleagues is:
http://www.realbasic.com/vb6/index.php

Your friends and colleagues must use this URL for you to get credit. And
feel free to encourage them to pass it along to more people. (By the way,
we will verify that each referral is associated with a valid and unique
email address before picking the winners.)

Thank you again for trying REALbasic and for helping us spread the word. I
welcome your feedback and comments about REALbasic and I assure you that
REAL Software will work hard to earn and keep your business for years to
come.

Best regards,

Geoff Perlman
Founder and CEO
REAL Software, Inc.
[/quote]

Sweet!

Sweet. I have it already.

Nah I like it.

Want a valid VB key? 000-0000. Now, sush!

[quote author=Snake link=topic=11194.msg107634#msg107634 date=1112799195]
This is bullshit, you actually have to have a valid VB key to use this for more then 10 days.

Bullshit.
[/quote]

Do you really?  I can't reproduce this behavior of needing a valid Visual Basic key.  In fact, it never once asked me for a Visual Basic key at all.  You just fill out the form, and 5 minutes later your key is in your inbox. 

The only key that I know of that lasts for only 10 days would be the demo version.  As long as you use that form, and download the real application, and not the demo application, you should be fine.

EDIT:
From now through April 15, 2005, Visual Basic users can get REALbasic 5.5 for Windows Standard Edition...
Is that the line that you are assuming says it works for only 10 days?  The offer itself ends on April 15, it has nothing to do with whether or not your key will work past that date.

Seriously, Snake. It's free. You give nothing except your name and email address. They do not check whether or not you have a Visual Basic key, let alone a valid one.

Did anyone grab this? I'd apreciate seeing someone upload the PC EXE.

http://highspeed.realsoftware.com/REALbasic555/REALbasicSetup.exe

[quote author=Joe[x86] link=topic=11194.msg111011#msg111011 date=1115176870]
Did anyone grab this? I'd apreciate seeing someone upload the PC EXE.
[/quote]

A bit delayed, but can anyone give me a key and a username?

[quote]Name: Joe LaFrance
Demo Key: KQ3LLLBH-EV3STPFL-87EANBND-DLWYQDT6-RB550DPFUSA-WIN[/quote]
Aparently demo keys used in full installers work fine.

Thanks Neo.

Thanks alot man.

[quote]
Name: Robert Simon
License Key: 4AQNHAF6-XYHSBX2C-HV3CYGNA-AQCQ9L54-RB550CSFUSA-WIN
[/quote]

Another key that I got from this offer, if anyone needs it.

Please note that if anyone wants a key in their name, register for the demo. It still gives out keys, and they work non-demoishly when used with the full installer.