RE: XML was RE: [GD-General] RE: A portable preferences library

[Ivan-Assen I. <as...@ha...>]

> Technical reasons include that Xerces properly
> implements the open standard in an opensource manner. 

This is a political reason, not a technical reason. I wouldn't base the choice
of including a bloated mess of dozens of source files over a couple of lines of COM calls,
on what is a proper opensource manner, or what habits MS has. 
It's a matter of engineering, not Slashdot karma.