>Personally I would take up VC++ over VB but its so damn difficult.

You might wanna try Java then. I feel the same way JVP does right here, you don't want to be limited by only knowing one tool... though I don't want to be limited by one company though. C# as far as I've heard from more objective sources is just C++ with alot more over head. And C++ was written as a joke, AFAIK. Hehe

>Delphi seems to be floundering in the last 2 years.

Maybe, depends where you get your stats. But maybe the Linux thing will boost its popularity again.