Randy,

>Yes, some very good points and we agree. In fact, the team is seriously looking at ways to improve our interop story with core technologies like .NET, SQL05 (and Longhorn down the road). There are certainly solutions today with wrapper classes and such, but it may be worthwhile to look at ways we can simplify the interop story with direct hooks into the product.

OK, you've got our attention... eagerly awaiting more details...