On the Kylix and Delphi64 issue i think you shouldn't have high hopes, they lost http://www.zenhacker.com/BorlandIsiDead.htm
Quite a depressing article you got there. Can't say it gave me a good feeling about the next Delphi version.
Then again, perhaps in a few years or so, we'll all be working with FreePascal though... who knows.