LINQ is coming along nicely. This release is full of goodies. Among my favorites: join support, DLINQ graphical designer, LINQ over DataSet, multi-tier enhancements, and improved conflict resolution. But the thing I'm most excited about is the addition of XML mapping of elements! I attended a talk on ORM by Sean McCormack at the WI .NET User Group last night. He is an excellent speaker and spoke about DLINQ for a couple minutes, but hated the fact that it didn't have XML mapping. Maybe this will bring him around. It also looks like I'll be speaking at the WI .NET User Group on LINQ in the medium-term future. I'll be sure to post more about that event and more findings with LINQ. In the meantime, download the CTP now.