> BTW, do you ever see MicroSoft following other people's
 > standards?

Yes, they have to. Fortunately Microsoft != IETF. :-)

 > internet. Another time, they submitted an RFC for
 > extensions to the PPP standard; when this was knocked
 > back, they implemented them anyway.

An RFC "knocked back"?  RFC's aren't normally refused. Whether
they become IETF standards is another issue (like the FSC/FTS difference).

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