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Say bye to ADO.NET Entity Framework in Orcas/.NET 3.5 RTM

by Miha Markič 29. April 2007 15:32

As many reported (including me), ADO.NET team decided to postpone the EDM designer after Orcas/.NET 3.5 RTM. With this move they basically frozen the use of EF in real applications (wizard is very limited, typing all that XML is not really an option) until EDM sees the light of the day.

Now it is getting even worse. They decided to postpone entire EF for the time being mentioning H1/2008 as a tentative release date. It is amazing to see a huge company, full of money, full of very talented people, like [MS] that can't create an ORM in years (remember ObjectSpaces?). Whether this is politics or misjudgment or something other is hard to know for sure, however, they certainly aren't lacking the resources, are they.

So, what do you do in the meantime? Either start playing with LINQ to SQL or go with LLBLGenPro a proven, reliable, powerful, excellent ORM solution that is ready to use right now.

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Miha Markic

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Miha currently works as a free lance consultant and software developer specialized in .net area.
He graduated in Computer and information science at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has accumulated experience in various programming languages such as Java, Visual Basic 3-6 (MCP), Visual C++, Delphi, C# and VB.Net through years.
He has experience in practically all (technical) stages of project development, including planning, framework development, user interface, business processes, as well as testing and documenting. He has worked on big and small projects in Slovenia and abroad (e.g. participated in completing level 3 IS for the Nucor steel plant, Hertford, USA).
Currently he enjoys programming in .net environment using C#. Since 2000 he has been active in Developer Express' DX Squad and has been ECDL trainer and tester. He also gives lectures on conferences and other events in Slovenia.