Shifts in .NET Object-Relational maps (ORMs): Seismic and subtle

Here's George Lawton and Jack Vaughan opinion about OR/M momentum. In this post, they reference Tech Talks’s Hassa as saying:

LINQ is a fact for the future – the question is only when, whether it will be launched proper at the end of 2007 or if we need to wait until 2008. ORMs should provide a good migration story to LINQ and protect your project investments for the time when LINQ has been released.

I couldn't agree more.