Re: [syndication] New poll for syndication

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

"Paulo Gaspar" <Paulo.Gaspar@krankikom.de> writes:

> Sorry Ken, but I can not believe it works.
> 
> "1.0" becoming "XRSS" as Mark Ketzler suggests makes so much more 
> sense IMHO. XRSS represents much better the spirit of "1.0":
>   "eXtensible RSS"
> 
> Let's not stay in the same mud where we already are now.

The mud we are in now is that two groups of people both feel they have
just as much ownership rights to the name RSS.  Why should the
original RSS stakeholders who developed RSS 1.0 have the name stolen
from *them*?  And who are we to tell them that?  I'm not going to
propose that, I'm most definitely not an original RSS stakeholder.

Since neither group seems likely to budge on that issue, I suspect we
need to find another solution.

This proposal I made is something I feel comfortable proposing to the
RSS 1.0 group, and likely get favorable responses because I do know
that they too would like to see a reasonable resolution to the issue
that stops the infighting.  If adopted, showing a united front in
marketing and development of RSS definitely can't hurt, either.

  -- Ken