>>> is it clearer yet why MS' design is wrong, and why its worth paying attention to a standard that has been doing this for more than 10 years? <<< I see (says the blind man). Thank you. Caveat, my information about what MS is planning to do is about a year old. Hopefully they realized this too and have a more workable solution in mind. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: http://www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe