> We have had MSXML 4 for a couple of years now
    
>>>> I doubt it since it hasn't been out for a couple of years yet

huh

http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarxml/html/whatsnew40rtm.as

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     ----- Scott M. wrote: ----
    
     > We have had MSXML 4 for a couple of years now
    
     I doubt it since it hasn't been out for a couple of years yet
    
     > For the new standards do we have to install .NET in order to make use o
     the new features
     >> in our organization we don't plan on using dotNET but maybe in the loge
     term we can get the .NET Framework installed ..
     > thanks for shedding some light on this..
     
    
     ..NET does not use MSXML, it has it's own XML parser built in