title: Why doesn't Entity Framework support ODBC?
body: <p>Is there a specific reason that the EF requires new data providers and can't make use of ODBC?  I figured it had to be some ORM specific problem, but NHibernate works fine via ODBC.</p>
  
  <p>I'm using NHibernate and can continue to use Nhibernate, but I worry that I can't assume Nhibernate knowledge for any future programmers here.</p>