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Vitamin does link to some good stuff. Latest in the list is an article on Digital Web Magazine by Aaron Gustafson about the poor, neglected button form element. I have to admit I am one who'd seen the dodgy uses years ago and ended up ignoring it well before I got into standards and CSS, so the article is a mini-revelation in terms of form styling.
Basically, if you can think of an instance (and I can think of many) when you wish submit buttons weren't so bloody hard to style (or differentiate from other inputs without adding classes), read the article.