I'm definitely interested in what people have to say about Danny's post so I have subscribed to the Bloglines citations of it:

http://www.bloglines.com/search?q=bcite:blogs.msdn.com/dsimmons/archive/2008/05/17/why-use-the-entity-framework.aspx

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Don't forget the comment thread in Danny's post as well.

Not surprisingly, the folks who have already made it clear that EF is way too data-centric for them are up in arms and there are some very interesting discussions in their blogs (as well as the comment threads).

I'm not sure if I would compare the investment I am making in understanding how EF works and writing a whole book to share what I've learned to being brainwashed by a "shiny brochure on your desk". Nor do I feel like a "cheerleader" or "parrot". But... whatever... (lame response? Yep! But it's all I have time (or patience) for).