I've noticed an intetersting blog post about Delphi from Tim Anderson titled "Native code makes a comeback - except it never went away" on ITJOBBLOG, not his regular blog. The issue I see is that native code is still strong for core software, less for the application oriented development, in which developers need speed of development, keep costs and time under strict control, and have a working solution fast... despite its deployment and requirements. Still it is true that a nice and fast native user interface can be worth an extra effort.