Another deciding factor is LINQ to SQL's one-to-one mapping of tables to EntitySets. If you are in control of -- or can exert substantial influence on -- the SQL Server database schema and domain ...

The designers in both LINQ to SQL and ADO.NET Entity Framework have a number of limitations. In order to work around these limitations, products such as Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools have been developed ...

Also addressing a big complaint that LINQ to SQL didn't let developers detach entities, PlinqO supports detaching of entities, he said. The templates are free to those CodeSmith tools users (the ...