I am getting very excited about LINQ! I love diving into new technologies and feel that LINQ is going to be a big one for .NET and a big one for me.

For a while, I thought that AJAX would play a big role in my bag of tricks but I never made the leap. This doesn't mean that AJAX won't be used in my applications but I just don't see myself becoming a strong resource on AJAX.

As for LINQ, I exchanged a comment or two with Scott Guthrie and while I am reading a lot into it, it looks like Orcas will RTM this year and I am guessing that we will see some stable betas soon and go lives mid year. I am currently playing around with the Jan 07 CTP.

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