Delphi where is now and where it going

Here in Italy, Delphi is no longer proposed for
new programs in a serious industrial/setting:
Java, VisualStudio, C++,
a little C#; there are NO requests for experienced Delphi
programmers in Milan;

I have tried to work in Delphi here and I have 2 choices:
learn something else or emigrate;
I can't see Lazarus as a working substitute for Delphi,
given the advantages of Eclipse, Mono etc
Chrome as a plugin for VisualStudio?
- Just as well learn Java or C#: why insist on Pascal?

The current state of Borland will make little difference
in Italy, though I think it's on the right track for finishing
Delphi off completely elsewhere: it seems that the 2006
version is a VisualStudio clone with the disadvantage
that it is less widely used;

sorry to be pessimistic, but that's how it has seemed
to me for quite a while;

Kevin O'Neill

P.S. I am currently cross-training to C# which I don't like as much
as Delphi, but it does work.

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From: "bongp" <bongpjimac-inc.com>
To: <delphi-enyahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 6:02 AM
Subject: [delphi-en] Delphi where is now and where it going

&gt; Hi guys,
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> We love delphi for its fast and its robust on developing windows
> applications plus the third parties and delphi communities that exist
> all over the net. On the otherhand, we have seen the direction of
> borland which seems or have junk further development of the tools that
> we have enjoyed over a decades.
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> What future are we looking and what is the current status of delphi, is
> borland looking to it or it's time to move on for another tools?
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