Hi Walter

>>>OTOH, I can see the chalenges where the data integration has to fit the OO model of .NET. I really wonder how they will come out of this as relational data does not go along with OO very particulary well. In the late 90-ties there were many object-relational experiments which never really made it.

Given that we have to remember that .Net is a large class library, anything other than simply adding additional data classes/functionality to the framework would seem like a sideways step to the direction they are heading in, whether or not that direction is the right one or not.

Kev