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That seems extremely petty if true. FWIW, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_web_syndication_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_web_synd
by CharlesW 3y ago
That seems extremely petty if true.
FWIW, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_web_syndication_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_web_syndication_tec... notes that Atom was a side-effect of RSS being frozen. Also FWIW, Dave gave Atom (then Echo) a tentative early endorsement:
"If and when it reaches closure, I will recommend to UserLand that they support the format, both for input and output, and I will help to the extent I can to write drivers for the software. I will continue to answer questions for the people working on Echo, and offer my opinion when it appears to be welcome, but will step back when it is not." — http://backend.userland.com/2003/06/26 http://backend.userland.com/2003/06/26
And, true to his word, Dave added support for Atom in UserLand products in 2007.
- spc476 3y agoMainly, it was Dave not bothering to clarify how to include HTML in the RSS feed, instead saying, "the spec is the spec and it's not changing!"
- CharlesW 3y agoIIRC that's always been supported via CDATA.
- ttepasse 3y agoFor a feeling of the scene at the time, this blog post by the extremely mild mannered Tim Bray may be instructive: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/06/23/SamsPie http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/06/23/SamsPie
- outsidetheparty 3y agoIt did seem extremely petty, yeah -- on both sides tbh. As an outside observer who just wanted to be able to build a feed and have it work, it was really disheartening to watch.