We have gone through extensive review and we believe were the best at understanding our own needs. Microsoft is free to express opinions about the technology value but for our needs the document outlines what we believe.

Peter is an IT professional who is not accustomed to the rough-and-tumble world of politics. He found the last few months to be very distasteful, especially the Boston Globe article that seemed to imply some sort of improper influence related to his conference travel.

What we've backed away from at this point is the use of a proprietary standard and we want standards that are published and free of legal encumbrances, and we don't want two standards.