LINQ To SQL dead? Raise the damn building!
So we don’t need another blogger starting a discussion as too whether it’s the case or not but what I would like to say is this: if it’s true I would like to hear a full and clear explanation as to the reasons why they killed off L2S, it’s the least we deserve! If the suggestions are correct and this announcement is indeed a subtle notice of the long term plans to shelve L2S, then have the guts to say so clear and out loud, perhaps my previous sentiments were off course and I should apologise
to the signatories of the ‘you know what’ for behaving as indelicately as the accused would seem to be behaving here! I have personally invested quite some time into L2S and as a long standing developer on the MS platform I expect to be treated with a touch more respect than a veiled notice such as this. I can only hope that everyone suggesting L2S has died are terribly wrong and I would be thrilled to see MS make an speedy announcement to the contrary of the rumour to squash it good and quick. LINQ To SQL - Live Long and Prosper.
UPDATE: Daniel G posted this recently with some explanation, which doesn’t exactly thrill me either. No offence to Daniel but this is the equivalent of a developer in my organisation making product announcements to our clients. It does however support the notion that ‘meaningful’ progression of LINQ to SQL is not a discussion point for the future and the choices in picking your poison just got reduced by a one.
Final Update:
Tim has posted some clarification which seems to be reasonably clear on the subject. So how many ORM/s should we learn? I look forward to seeing how much of the so-called ‘not about ORM’ bits in EF are important to me. It’s time to start investing some time in EF!
