**RANT**
http://efvote.wufoo.com/forms/ado-net-entity-framework-vote-of-no-confidence/

So I read Tim Mallalieu's blog he is on my RSS feed one of few select people I track and trace. (Tim if you read this I am not a stalker honest, I just think you post are cool and informative)

http://blogs.msdn.com/timmall/archive/2008/06/24/vote-of-no-confidence.aspx

So I read the following post, and fell off my chair, somebody has gone to the effort of actually putting togther a ADO.NET Entity Framework Vote of no confidence. Now forget the techie part lets just look a the practical, because obivously I am missing something. Surely and strike me down with a feather duster that if you don't like the Entity Framework ....You just don't use it ooooorrr, even better and maybe a more postive thing than moaning about a product write you own, develop an open source alternative, dare I say it... use something else.

It is really easy to sit on the side line and snip about a framework that does not fit your needs or you believe is wrong, but come on now give the guys and girls who have slaved over the Entity framework a break constructive critisim fine and in the post above they have made some (fair enough) but to finish it with please make a vote of no confidence is not exactly nice and in just is in my view rude. Yes I suppose you have got the attention of the team.. but surely there is a better way, how to motive a team to your ideas.

I personally don't use Entity Framework or Linq SQL (I have tried) but I am big fan of LLBGEN Pro, it works, it's solid and fits my clients and my needs. I made a choice, not bashed a team that was trying to build a very complex product. Have some respect please don't sign a petition just give sensible feedback through normal challenge.. or dare I say don't use it....
**END RANT**

Apologies for the Rant. Good luck to the Entity Framework team, please look at some of the criticims leveled it is correct, but I am sure you would review it just like Classic ASP is better than ASP.NET v1 and ASP.NET 2 is better than ASP.NET v1. It will be a process of learning, would love to see how many developers get frameworks out of the box correct. I will admit I don't always do, that is the part of being human, my first Sage Framework in C# sucked my revision at the moment does not..

I am missing something do we need vote of no confidence.. No, just MS to be listening which I hope they are, and for sensible suggestions in a reasonable manner.