I'm sorry to confuse. Reading back over my post, I see the ambiguity I caused. Within the _one comparison_ that choose VB over Delphi, the programmers were all VB gurus and that study was funded by MS. The other _studies_ voted Delphi.
To note, I also took Borland's comparison with a grain of salt when it came out. The good comparison were the ones done by software companies who used both languages.
My apologies.
no problem. thanks for clearing it up ... makes more sense now