I am not sure it is a debate given that RSS-DEV is applying some perverse
combination of maritime law (they found the RSS standard abandoned) and the
old possession being 9/10's of the law. Clearly they have no intention of
doing what is obviously the "right thing". In-fact they are now demanding
that the RSS .9x group show a token of good faith - how arrogant is that?
The 1.0 standard gets more complex every day -- it is no longer a
human/writer etc. format, it is for two software machines to interchange.
The position that you can cut and paste the 1.0 stuff assumes that people
who used to create RSS want to blindly create syndicated copy, did RSS-Dev
ever consider that folks like to *know* what the markup means?
It is now or never for the RSS 9.x group. If the name grab stands without
challenge then the Namespace etc. group's argument will be strengthened by
the non-action. A simple RSS that can be intelligently authored by real
people will go away. Do enough people care about this to matter? No action
will be interpreted by all to be -- no. Here's a thought, what if a group
got together and created an RSS (really simple syndication, etc.) spec.
Any separate spec would require a major version number to be a "general
release". I guess it would be RSS 1.0. Spend a little money, time and effort
on PR and "let the marketplace decide which RSS 1.0 should prevail.



This is a critical time for RSS 9.x if RSS-DEV keeps moving forward and no
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paulo Gaspar" <Paulo.Gaspar@...>
To: <syndication@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:08 AM
Subject: RE: [syndication] Wow, from total overload to total blackout...


> Yeah, everybody got tired at the same time.
> =:o\
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> (At least, I know I did.)
>
> Paulo
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Barr [mailto:jeff@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 03:04
> > To: syndication@egroups.com
> > Subject: [syndication] Wow, from total overload to total blackout...
> >
> >
> > Hey [syndication],
> >
> > It sure got quiet in here. What's the scoop? Did another list or
> > two get formed to take over from [syndication] and [rss-dev]? Or
> > is everyone just dog-tired of the debate?
> >
> > Jeff;
> >
> > Jeff Barr - Vertex Development
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