XPO (Devexpress' ORM for Windows) fan here; I've used this for years to deliver solutions for a number of clients, and it's still possible to use SQL directly i

XPO (Devexpress' ORM for Windows) fan here; I've used this for years to deliver solutions for a number of clients, and it's still possible to use SQL directly in the few percentage of cases where it's necessary. I'm afraid I've given up reading arguments against ORMs as none of the cons seem to have any relevance to the work I do now or will do in the future, but I admit I am a 'enterprise' developer / consultant.