Why doesn't Entity Framework support ODBC?
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.

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.
Why doesn't Entity Framework support ODBC?
===

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.

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.