they read the numbers and draw their own conclusions because you put the numbers out there. (which we know need serious tuning) .....

you tested a non realistic use case.... you blogged it as a performance test....you did it without expert knowledge of each tool (or of VB.Net it appears) and you then conclude that the results don't matter? That doesn't fly... the point of such a test is that for whatever reason you care about the results. Otherwise the test and the process are pointless.

you didn't care about the results... so you should never have executed the experiment... but thanks for putting more fuel out there for the anti ORM folks. just because you post some data doesn't mean it won't be used out of context.