Fingers Crossed for Microsoft's Oslo

As more details appear on Oslo I am hoping that Microsoft finally releases a true end to end SOA development platform that is productive and supports accepted best practice. Historically, Visual Studio tools, particularly on the web site, have been great for knocking up simple sites quickly but full short on the productivity front when building n-tier applications. Hopefully, the web service tier(s) it creates will be more than a simple re-presentation of the database. One thing that gives me hope is that both Don Box and Chris Sells are involved.