>So you may be right. The small footprint is certainly a lot more interesting, as is the ability to use it on handheld devices as well as workstations. Smart move by MS! Do you have any idea about performance?

I have never benchmarked it so anything I report is only my impression but, from what I have observed, the performance is very acceptable indeed. My personal opinion is that this little tool has a bright future and essentially, it's just a couple of extra DLLs that you bundle with your application.