Microsoft snags open-source project lead
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft has hired the creator of the SubSonic tool set and plans to use SubSonic as a key part of an upcoming platform.
Rob Conery founded the open-source SubSonic project, which helps a Web site build itself, according to SubSonic's Web site. Conery blogged about the hire Oct. 26, with a host of observers chiming in to respond about the news.
According to the Web site, SubSonic is several things, including the following: "a Data Access Layer builder that requires no code on your part, it builds itself at compile time with a full object layer and strongly typed collections; a complete utility tool set, complete with Rails-like scaffolding, migrations and code generators; a dynamic query tool that lets you use SQL Server and the Enterprise Library without having to know SQL; and an Object/Relational Mapper that extends to views and stored procedures so you're not locked into the OR/M thing."