>>>>I just want to 'hear' general comments comparing theses tools.
>>>
>>>One of the cool things about Delphi is that you can create EXE's that don't need any runtime DLLs.
>>
>>But what's cool about that?
>
>Let's put it this way. You have an application that you need to deploy to 1000 desktops in a corporation. Here is an example:
>
>Delphi
>------
>1) Put EXE on server
>2) email shortcut to all the users
>3) User drags shortcut onto desktop
>
>Total deployment time 5 minutes.
>
>Visual Basic/Visual Foxpro
>1) Put EXE on server
>2) Visit all 1000 computers and install VFP/VB runtime
>
>Total deployment time 1000x10min = 166 hours.

What's to stop those 1000 computers installing whatever runtimes from the server? I just installed service pack 4 on my home pc and Microsoft didn't come to my house!