LINQ-to-SQL in the 2008 version is so cool. In any case it's a great price, and you can use it with the free Express 2008 versions of VB and C# - point your search engine to "C# Express 2008". If you are a student at a college or similar school that qualifies for DreamSpark, you might be able to get it free through your school - point your search engine to "Welcome to Microsoft DreamSpark". LINQ makes querying a first-class language feature in VB and C#, and LINQ-to-SQL takes it to the big-boy SQL database levels. This is great SQL at a great price.
