Hi John, How? It is only available in the ctp, correct? Did I miss something? Has it been released? Is it now known to be reliable and safe? Ok, maybe I'm alittle sarcastic, but I really would have liked to have a mature version available when the announcement for the end of support of VFP was made public. I am looking forward to Linq and hope it meets our expectations and yes, even our hopes. I found this very interesting:

Q5.  What languages have announced plans to support LINQ?

A5.  [KF] Microsoft languages, support starting:  
C# 3, 
F# 1.1.8.1, 
VB 9

A5.  [KF] Microsoft languages, no plans to support:  
C++/CLI

A5.  [KF] Microsoft languages, unknown:  
IronPython, 
Monad, 
Spec#

A5.  [KF] Third-party languages, support:  
Delphi (per http://blogs.borland.com/dcc/archive/2005/09/15/21195.aspx) [stale], 
Nemerle (macros being developed per http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.nemerle.devel/1257) 
Phalanger 2.0 (PHP compiler for .NET, LINQ syntax per "PHP/CLR - Extensions
to the PHP Language in Phalanger 2.0", section 3.17 at 
http://www.codeplex.com/Phalanger/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Documentation)

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=307705&SiteID=1

>John,
>
>Have you looked at LINQ? Have you tried to use SSCE as a local data repository?