Re: [syndication] [OT] RSS History

[Ken MacLeod <ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us>]

"Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com> writes:

> In general I believe that's the way it's done among professionals,
> for example at the W3C and IETF. I could be wrong, perhaps it is the
> volume of posts that counts the most. But that doesn't seem
> reasonable to me, sometimes people are busy, or are taking vacations
> (esp in August) or are scared to participate when the strong
> opinions are expressed. That's why polls work so well, it gives
> everyone a voice, whether or not they are prolific posters.
> 
> And to be perfectly honest Ken, as one of the participants here,
> from the beginning, I never imagined that the RSS would change so
> radically without being asked whether I support the move or not. It
> was a surprising way to work. I can tell you personally it shook my
> faith in the open development process. I am being sincere here, I
> hope you and others accept that.

The way that the W3C and the IETF do it is to have working groups.
Working groups are made up of people who are knowledgable of the
subject (experienced users as well as developers) and are willing to
extend the effort to participate in the working group.  It is highly
regrettable that the decision to form a working group was made only
after the RSS 1.0 proposal.

> Can you provide an example of another open technology that is
> managed in this way?

No, I can think of no other project or technology that went through
a set of circumstances similar to this.

  -- Ken