Microsoft has made some announcements over the last week or so. The first was Microsoft.Data.dll. I think that Oren adequately wraps up the feelings that I have towards it. The second was the announcement of Visual Studio LightSwitch. I have some strong feelings for this as well. Microsoft is positioning this as a tool that allows non-professional developers create line of business (LoB) applications. They suggest that it will allow these non-developers to create applications that can be handed off to IT for maintenance and further enhancement. Since LightSwitch isn’t really Visual Studio, the IT group will have to...