I thought I needed to post this as it took me a while to find the official MySQL drivers for .NET and VS2008. I found the drivers here.
The current version 5.2 has the following features:
A new profile provider has been implemented along with a fully revamped provider schema. New bulk loading and script execution classes are available. The ability to clear a single or all connection pools. Integration into Visual Studio 2008 MySqlDataAdapter now supports batching BINARY(16) columns are now treated as GUIDs Various changes in how we handle parameters.