Pertti,

well, this is from his first blog entry: "My name is Andrew Conrad , I am a Software Design Engineer with the Sql Server group at Microsoft. For the past 4 years I have been working on the SqlXml product."

In other words, this is not a blog rumor; this is from the horse's mouth. (sigh)

Hank

>Hank:
>
>Kiss of death, indeed! I sure hope this is just another blog rumor.
>
>Pertti
>
>>Gee, great minds, same gutter. <s>
>>
>>What's really scary, though, is that MS has decided, according to a blog I read, that ObjectSpaces will be folded into WinFS, the new SQL-based file system. When I raised the issue of "doesn't this mean tie-in to a specific backend (namely, MSSQL)," the reply was they are aware of the issue and support for other backends is a priority "as we go forward." Which means, not right away.
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>>This, IMHO, is the kiss of death for this technology. Perhaps not for developers working in isolation, but the kiss of death for vertical market products that can't have that kind of lock-in.
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>>Hank
>>
>>>Kevin:
>>>
>>>How about data dictionary interface? Is that coming with the (very) next version, as well?
>>>
>>>Pertti
>>>>Ali,
>>>>
>>>>>When are you upgrading to a new version of The Mere Mortals .NET Framework? Anytime soon?
>>>>>
>>>>>NOTE: We are currently using version 1.1.3.
>>>>
>>>>We do have a new version (1.2) coming out soon. We have sent it out to select beta testers and as soon as the dust settles we'll make it publicly available.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,