"Embarcadero Technologies’ acquisition of CodeGear and the announcement of db4o’s support of LINQ are more evidence of the blurring of the lines of application development and database development. Increasingly, application developers want and need better insight and control of the data management aspects of their applications. On the flip side, database administrators are faced with responsibility of ensuring application performance. Common toolsets and better communication can only help both communities achieve their objectives."
Gregory Keller
VP-Product Management at Embarcadero Technologies, Inc
http://metafrequency.blogspot.com/2008/05/train-is-movin.html