Re: [syndication] XML-RPC and the Need to Cash In

[Morbus Iff <morbus@disobey.com>]

>We seem to dive into the gee-wizzery of the newest technology, and
>how we can combine it. This is good, in that it pushes the envelope.
>However, the envelope is getting pretty thin; basic syndication (the
>original topic here, natch) isn't widely deployed; most Web sites
>don't know what it is, and users don't demand it because they don't
>know what it can do for them.

I definitely agree with this. How long ago did Berners-Lee think of the
Semantic Web? And only until recently have people "come back" to those
ideals. There was a lot of misguided crap in between. I'm not disparaging
the technology that has arisen - its wonderful stuff. But doesn't it all
seem a bit flashy? How many normal people will use this stuff?

>Perhaps it would be good to splinter a bit; to have a group that
>focuses on evangelising and making it simple, and another that lives
>on the cutting edge.

How does one keep it simple, whilst the other
extends it to bring it to the cutting edge?

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