Microsoft’s recently released Entity Framework 4 (EF4) is generating deserved buzz among the .NET community. It seems that people can’t wait to make the jump directly to EF4, even if they haven’t even touched EF1. The perception is that EF1 was not up to snuff when it came to important database-related tasks, but the reality [...]
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The ADO.NET Team at Microsoft recently published the results of a survey to get feedback on what members of the .NET community would like to see in upcoming releases. It’s great to see Microsoft actively soliciting feedback from the .NET community but it’s another thing entirely to actually release product updates that contain the [...]
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Last week, the majority of commentary of Sybase was all about SAP’s push to expand into the burgeoning mobile market. The ASA product line has definitely made inroads which will give SAP an immediate leg up,, the real key to this new relationship is this: the business information market. SAP’s purchase of Sybase was [...]
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Since Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems, there has been much speculation over what will happen to the Java platform. Just a few weeks ago, the creator of Java, James Gosling, announced his departure from the company, leading to another surge of rumors about the future of Java and the Community Process. After all the work [...]
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As a follow-up to my posting today, I noticed Dave Rosenberg at C|Net news published an article today on why Oracle’s influence will likely be more quickly realizable than previously thought. He cites’ an IDC report that underscores the importance of the Java platform as one of the primary motivators that drove the acquisition. Nothing [...]
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Over the past few weeks, I have been asked to assert a position when we’ll see changes in the Java ecosystem, particularly now that some of the more incendiary opinions have quieted down. As ever, The Register cuts through the fear, uncertainly and doubt and really gets at the general longing to wake up Java [...]
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Check out Julie Lerman’s excellent presentation on EF4 and WCF. Available on slideshare.
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Some recommended reading for those of you who are looking at what NHibernate 2.0 offers in comparison to Entity Framework 4.0. While it is a fairly subjective view point Ayende Rahien does a good job dissecting the differences with a view to considering the pros and cons. Check out the blog posting here.
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Annual prognostications are typically overly optimistic, so for 2010’s soothsaying I’ve opted for a more pragmatic approach. Austerity drives innovations in doing more with less – The 2009 budgetary hangovers while I expect to less restrictive this year, will drive nearly all purchasing decisions this year. A need to demonstrate obvious and immediate on any [...]
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Since the announcement of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2 we have seen torrent of requests from people looking to use our Oracle EF provider with VS 2010. The good news is that we are planning to support it officially in our upcoming service pack, due early next year. The even [...]
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