[AccessD] OLE DB being retired

Just when you thought the craziness at MSFT had stopped:

Rohan Lam, the Program Manager for SQL Server Connectivity, has officially
stated that the next version of SQL Server,Denali, will be the last that
will support OLE DB. The SQL Server OLE DB provider will then be deprecated
in favour of SQL Server Native Client ODBC. In seven years' time OLE DB will
be a dead, unsupported technology for SQL Server. What does one read into
this remarkable handbrake-turn? Microsoft still publishes White Papers
exhorting us to abandon ODBC in favour of OLE DB. Is it is now time to
abandon OLE DB?

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