http://blogs.msdn.com/data/archive/2006/12/05/data-access-api-of-the-day-part-i.aspxWhy does it seem like Microsoft is coming up with a new Data Access API every time you turn around? First there was DbLib, then ODBC, then DAO, RDO, ODBCDirect, OLEDB, ADO, ADO.NET -- When is Microsoft going to run out of letters? And now what's thisenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/data/archive/2006/12/05/data-access-api-of-the-day-part-i.aspx#1217975Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:34:01 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1217975alexbarnett.net blog<P>Earlier this year I read Joel Spolsky's 'Joel on Software'. 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