[makmanalp]

I remember Delphi being the one that people lamented the loss of when VB was gaining in popularity. And ShellNotifyIcon - how could I forget? :D

[memsom]

VB beat Delphi to market by a number of years. I remember Delphi 1 arriving in about 95. VB was on version 3 (though I honestly don't remember the prior 2 versions.) I do remember a lecturer in University saying that he was excited for Delphi, because it was going to shift the dominance of VB in the RAD programming arena.