[personZ]

are you aware that LINQ is not only about database access

Yes, I am aware. How is this relevant at all to the context of this thread?

The rest of your comment: You are simply wrong. A heavy use of LINQ is one of the surest sign that one needs to run from a project. It is almost always used and embraced by people who have no concept of the consequences, imagining that the conciseness of LINQ = programming goodness, when the opposite is generally true.