Data Access Technologies The frequency with which Microsoft has changed database access technologies is remarkable, with each new scheme offering the promise that .NET developers have finally arrived ...

Still Gold in Those Hills Many .NET developers have moved beyond data access with ADO.NET datasets to use ORM tools such as Entity Framework, LINQ to SQL, nHibernate, and SubSonic, among others.

Microsoft is readying SQL Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and is making .NET Core 1.0 and ASP.NET Core 1.0 generally available today, as promised.