LightSwitch vs WCF RIA

Question

I've just found out about Visual Studio LightSwitch, Microsoft's new Silverlight-centric RAD tool.

Does this occupy the same space as WCF RIA Services?

Is WCF RIA effectively dead?

Answer 1

I've been doing some reading, and it seems that LightSwitch actually builds on top of RIA. I saw the following in a review in The Register -

Database connectivity and user authentication in LightSwitch uses WCF RIA Services, Microsoft's web service framework for Silverlight, though developers are shielded from the details. This means there is a middle tier running on Microsoft's IIS web server.