Linq - Will Microsoft's Language Integrated Query transform programmatic data access?

Redmond Developer News | Looking to LINQ

During the past year and change since that PDC keynote, LINQ for the most part has remained under the radar, despite a lot of work in the background. But with the new .NET Framework 3.0 and the pending release of the next version of Visual Studio (code-named "Orcas"), LINQ is ready to come out of its shell. And those following it say that if LINQ performs as advertised, it may very well give the .NET environment a major leg up as a platform for developing query-centric programs.