I totally agree that Typed Data Sets are better then Untyped. But I think much of this thread talks about typed vs. EF.

>That was back in late 2005, really before the EF was even around (or had any traction). Back then, your choices were either typed or untyped. (Though Generics certainly helped the arguments of those who favored custom entities).
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>Since you used to talk/write heavily about Crystal (and so did I), Crystal reporting applications worked nicely with typed datasets.
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>I have no argument on typed datasets being necessarily better than EF (nor the reverse). They're simply different. Everyone needs to determine which will be better for them.