'CompanyName.Foo' is a 'namespace' but is used like a 'type'

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I\'m resurrecting this question because I just ran into this error again today, and I\'m still utterly confused why the

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why can't you just do

using CompanyName.Foo; 
... 
public Models.Foo DataContext { get; set; }