RE: [syndication] Some suggestions for RSS .92

["Paulo Gaspar" <Paulo.Gaspar@krankikom.de>]

I agree with Mark.

Open standards must consider its users interests. Otherwise they would be
proprietary.

This was already repeated over and over. Should be obvious.


Paulo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Ketzler [mailto:mketzler@bizslice.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 22:55
>
> > Like those asking now for other people to change names, and as you
> > say, I really have no say in this.  This is really between the
> > original stakeholders.
>
> I couldn't disagree more! I am spending my companies money on an RSS
> implementation. I and many other non-original stakeholders have a lot at
> stake -- money, reputations, jobs ... To say that only the original
> stakeholders matter is upsetting and limits the adoption of RSS. I thought
> this was an open process. The original stakeholders are and always will be
> the founders of this movement. All credit should be given to them
> for their
> efforts. I would be surprised to here that *they* would want this to be a
> closed process. Am I missing something here?