Maybe Microsoft has decided I don’t need to finish that book on LINQ that I bought six months ago.  Rumors are flying that the new Entity Framework will eventually replace LINQ.  Oh well, it’s just a quarter of the book that I read.  At least I didn’t spend months writing a production application based on LINQ as some have done.  The Redmond Developer News is a worthwhile magazine to read for serfs of the Evil Empire.  This article breaks the news: http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=10472.