Since a few people have asked me in email (which is not a problem…), I thought I’d make mention that the next CTP for Orcas is the February CTP. It is coming out either late February or early March. This version, though still a CTP, should have all of the LINQ and EF stuff updated and incorporated, including the UI stuff such as the designer and the templates that we currently have to go back to the May CTP for, as well as some major enhancements to LINQ in VB, a LinqDataSource for databinding in web apps and more.

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