TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX: VS 2008 [Express] SP-1, VB.NET 9.0, C# 3.0, SQL Server 2005/2008, ASP.NET LINQ to SQL celebrated its first anniversary on Nov. 11, 2008. As Microsoft's first object/relational ...

LINQ to SQL celebrated its first anniversary on Nov. 11, 2008. As Microsoft's first object/relational mapping (O/RM) tool to reach developers as a finished product, LINQ to SQL gave .NET developers a ...

Microsoft's controversial decision to position the ADO.NET Entity Framework has generated a lot of backlash among developers who made early bets on LINQ to SQL, which the company had released with ...

Microsoft Corp. has yet to release a feature-complete beta version of its upcoming Visual Studio 2005 development tools. But at last week’s VSLive conference in Orlando, it announced a refresh of the ...