Is LINQ to SQL Dead? And what is EF giving us

[Patrick.O .Ige]

I came across this article at :
http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=10472
and also TIm's blog at:

http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archiv...linq-to-sql-and-linq-to-entities-roadmap.aspx

"If Microsoft is serious about Entity Framework being the preferred
data-access solution in .NET 4.0," They'll have to do a few things: Make EF
2.0 rock-solid.
Can you explain to us why EF is needed.
What is the problem that Entity Framework is solving?
Why is Entity Framework a better solution to this problem?"
Any ideas whay we are getting to?

 

[Miha Markic]

Yep, LINQ to SQL is dead.
EF, well, it is an ORM, not the best one though. One of the better sides is
LINQ support.

There is a lot of documentation on ORM (object relational mapping) on the
web, just do some searching and you'll understand why one would use ORM
(perhaps EF).