Quick side question - I have about a years experience in Borland C++ builder [and another 20+ years in other languages - including VFP], I've never done anything with Delphi - though I have a copy of version 4 that came with Builder. Can you quickly summarize what Delphi is - or point me to a web site, and whether there is any overlap with my C++builder experience. Also is Kylix related to Delphi? I'm interested in learning something that would allow cross-platform development on Linux/Windows and trying to assess the learning curve.