Well you can't use Delphi on Linux or Mac. The IDE is for Windows so the OS matter.
You forgot to mention that the Delphi IDE is only 32bit, anyway, offtopic, use VM and good is.
But that point I already told on page 1.
Pay for this or that. Delphi is paid. The free version they offer is not for commercial use. Or a very limited one.
You can of course use the community edition in a commercial way, just read the EULA, offtopic.
Piracy : you can pirate Delphi. But you can't pirate Lazarus.
Delphi Community Edition is free, what are you telling about piracy, offtopic.
The language is best learned with the same tool you will use for production.
I do agree but many need to know basics before they job with it and how should someone know what the future job is offering for possibilities (IDE).
Delphi and Lazarus are both different worlds.
Hmmm not in my world. I have both and use both regular. Mostly same syntax, mostly same limits.
If you want to go open source there's Lazarus. If you want to go paid (even if you start with free) go Delphi.
You can do both with both, fact.
Is not the same language. Because that there's Delphi mode and isn't finished and it never will. There's no FMX support and is the tool used for cross platform in Delphi.
Begin ...code... End where is the difference, just half offtopic.
Anyway, question was not "List me differences about coding in FPC vs Delphi" or "Tell me how Delphi and FPC realize crossplatform" or "Can I port Delphi specific FMX projects to Lazarus" etc ...
So again I think he is not out of place. Just he sees the thing as more complex than just choosing a free tool from other
Okay I give you that point even that my feelings tell me its offtopic.
I stay out of this, enjoy =)