I wrote DDJ's first review of Delphi back in 1995. Maybe it deserves to die, or not, but I get a kick out of the fact that it is still around and sparking discussion. At the time of release its features were quite innovative, and very accessible to the Turbo Pascal programmers (like me!) who were a big part of Borland's customer base for tools. If I recall correctly a lot of Delphi's DNA ended up in C++ builder, and then a lot of the C++ Builder guys ended up at Microsoft... so Delphi has earned its place in the anthropology of our business.