For later reading, once I catch some time:

That last one has me the most curious:

As someone who has spent the past several years learning and using the various XML APIs available throughout the industry, I can honestly say that the .NET implementations are the best I’ve seen in terms of productivity, efficiency, and extensibility. The .NET XML framework provides support for all of the W3C-stamped XML specifications including:

  • XML 1.0
  • Namespaces in XML
  • DOM Level 2
  • XPath 1.0
  • XSLT 1.0
  • XML Schema