Fair point, and I don't dispute it.  But I said 'threatens!'  If you think though how Borland/Inprise/Borland/Whoever staggered through the nineties and noughties alternatively hyping Delphi, then burying it, Enterprising it and .NETifying,  you can't disagree that it's been a bit hairy for developers who nailed their colours to its mast. 

No, the thing that's wrong with Delphi is Borland.  Now I'm developing Swing apps in Java, I really miss the productivity of Delphi.  But I don't miss the career dead-end it always threatens to be.