>"It really seems like there's a huge opportunity here for guys like me to bring years of experience hacking on UNIX systems into the Microsoft world because th

>"It really seems like there's a huge opportunity here for guys like me to bring years of experience hacking on UNIX systems into the Microsoft world because there's a lot of "this is how it's done" and legacy systems thinking." I wish you luck, but do bear in mind that support considerations are very important in the business world, especially businesses where IT services are in a supporting role to the main business. With that in mind, I'd hazard a guess that XML is one of the least problematic parts of what you're working with.