Like Java - what a understatment. It has differences but if you know java you can use C#. However, the thing I noticed the most was the way you access data - it's just like dbExpress (Kylix/Delphi). Either they just ripped off Borland or it's the other way around. Or maybe someone else developed the ideas (connection,transaction,datasets) and both of them ripped it off. Oh sure both differ in the details but not much. I'm sure they would say that they just built on ADO.
John