A question came up in the EF forums today asking if the delay of SQL Server 2008’s release will mean EF will be delayed.
The two are not related.
There is a misconception that Entity Framework is tied to SQL Server 2008. It’s definitely not. These are .NET APIs and will work with many database providers (when those providers are written).
As far as I know, the official word on EF’s release remains “1st half of 2008”. Something tells me that won’t be any time in January. 😉
Yesterday I did a fun session at the Vermont 3.0 event titled: “Software Developer: Career or Addiction?”.
I’ve had a bad chest cold for 2 weeks and yesterday was actually better day for me than these past weeks.
I took all I could to prevent coughing.
The talks were all being recorded by the local public access channel.
Apparently, according to DanZ (who was standing near the area where the video feed was being monitoried) what coughing I did do (and I don’t recall caughing UP anything, as gross as he makes it sound – eeeew) sounded seriously nasty over the mic. I’m definitely not looking forward to hearing that.
Throughout the day, every time I met someone who wanted to shake hands I had to tell them “oh, no, you do NOT want to touch me”. I even passed up shaking hands with Sen. Bernie Sanders. I didn’t want to be responsible for passing this cruddy cold onto him! (or anyone)
And Dan, thanks for not stealing my car! 😉
Eve Sollberger is a video blogger for Seven Days. She recently visited the new 65,000 square foot office of Dealer.Com, one of vermont’s fastest growing companies. DDC builds websites for car dealers around the country and is one of the top in their industry. They were recognized in September by Inc magazine as being one of the fastest growing private companies in the country. DDC is great for Vermont and Vermont has definitely been great for them. Their new facilities are clearly loved by their employees as you can see in Eva’s video. There’s even a gym (with tennis courts) and an organic cafe.
There are lots of cool tech companies here. Yesterday’s Vermont 3.0 Creative Tech career jam showed that off. I’ll be blogging (and linking) more about that PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL event shortly.