Please try dotConnect for MySQL version 5.00 Beta that is available for download now.
This beta version introduces the following features:
- MyDirect .NET renamed to dotConnect for MySQL
- Supported LINQ to MySQL
- Added Schema Modeler for LINQ to MySQL
- Added free Express Edition with basic connectivity features
- Added Source Edition with source code of run time assemblies (Devart.Data.dll and Devart.Data.MySql.dll)
- Support for .NET Framework 1.x is discontinued
- Fixed type mapping in models with inherited entities
- NULLs can now be used in typed expressions
Devart development team
http://www.devart.com/mysqlnet/