title: What ORM to Run: telerik Open Access VS Subsonic VS linq to sql VS Active Record
body: <p>We are looking into using an ORM and I wanted some opinions/comparisons </p>
  
  <p>The basic criteria we have for an ORM is: Easy to use/configure(short learning curve), flexible, the ability to abstract it away, easy to maintain    </p>
  
  <p>Here is a list of what ORM we are looking at and what our initial impressions are </p>
  
  <ol>
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  Open Access - seems really easy for simple stuff, but doesn't seem to have a lot of flexibility, cost isn't an issue we already own it
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  Ling to SQL - looks very simple to use and configure but is missing some functionality
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  Active Record - NHibernate made simple
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  SubSonic - looks very feature rich, but haven't really played with it much
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  </ol>
  
  <p>here are the ORMs we have looked at and ruled out </p>
  
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  Entity is still in beta 
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  NHibernate has far to much of a learning curve (we don't have 3 weeks to delicate to learning it)
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  </ol>