Is ORM still the “Vietnam of Computer Science”?

Question

I read this post last night, and I noticed it was from 2006. I could go either way on the ORM, database thing, but I was just wondering if everything bad Jeff said about OR

Answer 1

I can only speak for my experience. I use DAL and DTO's, and I am still capable of performing pretty complex queries (joins and all), and also I am able to resort to SP's or custom SQL whenever I need. It made my life easier, my code consistent and my deadlines more attainable.