> Good news for you: Microsoft is adressing both of your needs. > > The COM+ "replacement" is called Indigo - it will be > available with Longhorn (next version of Windows), Windows > Server 2003 and Windows XP. You can read more about it at > http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/understanding/pillars/Indig > o/default.aspx
which will be here in 2006. > The second, the O/R Mapper, is called ObjectSpaces and - if I > remember correctly - will be available with Whidbey (next > version of the .NET Framework). You can read more at > http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/ndp/daconworkingwitho > bjectspacesarchitecture.aspx which is just an 'implementation', not a standard spec. Objectspaces is like a freeware O/R mapper: 'just another O/R mapper'. FB =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 26 Jan 2004, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com