I've only been introduced to it, but I did get the impression that LINQ is probably the best SQL abstraction, and that it's much better than Hibernate, which is

I've only been introduced to it, but I did get the impression that LINQ is probably the best SQL abstraction, and that it's much better than Hibernate, which is what I have the most experience with. I think the whole framework situation in general is much better in microsoft land because it's one company that designs the whole ecosystem, and overall experience, and also the people with probably the most experience in software development. I even think VB6 is superior to the standard open source web development stack used today. The only part where MS seems to be behind is version control.