Maybe you could help addressing this issues. I suggest you open a topic for each feature you want on http://ef.mswish.net
Comparing to LINQ 2 SQL, EF has a much larger scope, it´s more complex and hard to add features, and some of them don´t apply to all databases. Since LINQ 2 SQL is targeted to SQL Server, it can accept much more premises, making the job easier
Comparing to LINQ 2 SQL, EF has a much larger scope, it´s more complex and hard to add features, and some of them don´t apply to all databases. Since LINQ 2 SQL is targeted to SQL Server, it can accept much more premises, making the job easier