On September of 1999 Borland announced a new development environment for Linux platform . 'Kylix' will support C,  C++ and Delphi codes.  Kylix is a component based development environment that is suitable for GUI, database, Internet and client/server applications. It will use CLX Objects. These objects will be compatible  with VCL objects used in Delphi and C++ Builder in windows. Applications developed by Kylix will run on KDE, GNOME and any other Linux desktop. Linux is a fast growing new market. Many programmers are  considering this new market. Kylix is the best choice  for rapid development in this environment. At the time being Kylix is not available for public but you can plan porting your Delphi and C++ Builder applications to Linux environment using Kylix. To be sure that you will be able to port your applications  you must consider some points :  1- Kylix uses VCL compatible objects . If you use VCL  objects your code will be ported to Kylix easier. Also Avoid  using windows API direct calls. 2- Do not use windows specific objects and features such as COM objects, ActiveX, OLE and etc. 3- Linux uses Apache web server. Apache supports CGI and  Fast-CGI and Apache API. Kylix will have a lot of facilities for your Internet applications on Apache. 4- Do not use TASM assembly code. Linux has its own GNU  assembler called 'as'. Taking above points in mind will make moving to Linux  environment easier. If you need more information about Kylix you can go to  Borland website.               http://www.borland.com They have a special website for Kylix now.