MSBuild on MSDN TV - Thoughts

So I watched the MSBuild Episode of MSDN TV  http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20040122VSNETAK/manifest.xml

For he first 10 minutes I was thinking, well they might as well have names it MSNAnt J …. But later when he got around to how easy it was to add tasks to the build process I was impressed. The ITaskItem interface looks neat. Also the ouput item properties and conditionals on every tag looked pretty good. I think the ability to customize the entire Studio build process is great for people who have to manage huge builds. Well there was nothing groundbreaking actually, just a MS standardization of what is available.