Has Microsoft confirmed their stance on LINQ to SQL end-of-life?

Question

I\'m trying to make an educated decision about what ORM to use for a number of legacy applications I\'m responsible for porting to MVC 2. The ORMs I\'ve looked at are LINQ t

Answer 1

The message I'v received is: looking forward we should really use Entity Framework in as much as possible; LINQ to SQL is basically in maintenance mode: it won't go away any time soon but it won't evolve significantly either. Meanwhile Entity Framework is evolving and also being integrated with other products/frameworks like RIA Services or WCF Data Services.