This whole SPF vs. XML discussion is ridiculous.
This is not a technical discussion.
This is a religious matter.
This is SPF marketing.
It certainly does seem like that sometimes, doesn't it. I'd guess that some
SPF evangelists believe that proselytizing by any means neccessary is vital
to getting the deployment levels up.
Some possibilities:
(a) MARID fails to be deployed extensively enough to make any difference
or
(b) MARID works, but could have been better and cheaper (and earlier).
or
(c) MARID is deployed, new world fails to materialise and everyone gets
bored of it in a few years.
Any others?