Re: Thoughts, questions, and issues.

[Aaron Swartz <aswartz@swartzfam.com>]

On his website, Dave Winer wrote:

> I hate walking on eggshells. RSS always is on the verge of flaming out. I just
> made a promise to myself, no more eggshell-walking. I'm going to start working
> on my own new RSS, at the same pace we're working on Radio UserLand. We're
> going to do some killer stuff that users will love. It will stay simple. And
> will get much more powerful, and it will be open to feedback from writers,
> designers, editors and users, not just geeks.

http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2000/08/16

Dave, I'll ask you one more time. Can you please tell us what exactly is
wrong with the RSS 1.0 proposal? I want to hear so that I know whose
proposal to go with and also to give the RSS 1.0 people a chance to fix
things. You've made a lot of comments in the past about the modularity work,
but I still don't understand exactly what you're upset about. Can you please
explain it?

Here's my reasoning. RSS is a very useful spec, with a lot of possibilities.
I'd hate to see it be subject to a major split. However, if it has to
happen, I'd like to at least know why. Can you tell me? Don't worry about
walking on eggshells -- come out and tell us how you feel. Or, if you are
worried, send email to me privately. I promise I won't be offended, I just
want to hear your side of the story.

Many thanks,

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