Hi Jerry,
Yesterday I attended a siminar on Delphi6 and Kylix (the free one in Sunnyvale). There I was told that Kylix is Delphi 5 (five) compatiable with a few enhancements. I have to say I was very impressed with everything. Now I'm thinking I'll buy Delphi 6 enterprise. But I'll wait until I receive the Kylix package (It shipped yesterday). The enterprise edtion has the web tools along with XML parser and SOAP services. I think these services are going to be a very big deal in the near future. Have you attempted to create any web things with Kylix?

As far using java vs Kylix. Ease of use alone would make up my mind.
John