http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa697427(VS.80).aspx
Will the ADO.NET Entity framework make iBATIS.NET obsolete? It appears that it will provide the same type of mapping framework as iBATIS while also providing tools for mapping and code generation. Throw in LINQ to Entities and it would seem that MS will provide a framework that would be equivalent to iBATIS plus LINQ to iBATIS (assuming the latter was eventually written). Thoughts?

