Comments on: What Microsoft should learn from LINQ to SQL backlash

By: K. Scott Allen : The Estrangement of LINQ to SQL

K. Scott Allen : The Estrangement of LINQ to SQL — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:50:07 +0000

[...] are many suggestions floating around on what to do with LINQ to SQL. David Hayden and Steve Streeting both suggest an open source approach, while Ian Cooper suggests a successor to both EF and [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:50:38 +0000

Sure, but I do think fiddling around the edges isn’t going to reap the benefits, particularly. The bits that need to be open source to benefit the customer are the most crucial bits, the bits they rely on. The trouble with using little side projects as a guide is that you’re in danger of reaching the wrong conclusions, because they’re too peripheral to really make any difference. But I realise it would be a big step for MS to open source core development tech, even though I do this they will be forced to do it eventually, and the later they do it, the more community spirit they’ll have to lose.

By: Paul Evans

Paul Evans — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:36:43 +0000

There is precedent for the open source thing in Asp.Net land…
Ajax Control Toolkit. MS is a big company with many different ideas of how things should be done… it will be interesting to see what happens.