>A good opportunity to evaluate the Server Edition of Kylix.

Linux still feels unfamiliar to me, but it's nice to have a tool like Kylix to play with. C++ is too much of a stretch for me. I created my first Hello World! app within minutes of download. Nothing to be proud of, but at least it didn't take hours. I want to work with real data when I get a chance. Which database is easiest for working with Kylix? Interbase?

>The Open Edition (free download, fully functional for GPL coding) has yet to be released.

I forgot about that. I'm looking forward to it.