Re: [syndication] Re: Fw: Flames

["Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com>]

Look once and for all, I'd like to know who you are, what you do, who you
work for. Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@hotmail.com>
To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 8:59 AM
Subject: [syndication] Re: Fw: Flames


> --- In syndication@y..., "Dave Winer" <dave@u...> wrote:
> > Just to let you guys know that we're breaking some new ground on
> Scripting
> > News in covering Central Asia, Europe, and lots of voices that have
> not made
> > it into the weblog world yet. I have no idea, after all this time,
> who Bill
> > Kearney is, who he works for, what software he creates, etc. I do
> know this,
> > some pretty good stuff is flowing through OPML. There's no time to
> fix the
> > glitches in the RSS feeds. Doc is also doing important stuff. His
> content is
> > best accessed through OPML. The usual tone of this list must take a
> backseat
> > to the problems we're dealing with, and the solutions we already
> have in
> > place. Now would be a good time for the people who want to do good
> for the
> > world to get in the loop. Don't let Kearney -- we don't even know
> who he
> > is -- stop this. There's a lot of power in XML, now is NOT the time
> to be
> > selfish and keep the old animosities going. If Kearney wants to
> help, start
> > by writing some software, or help someone get their ideas on the
> Web.
> > Emphatically this is not about anything vs anything -- the content
> is
> > available in OPML. Period. There's no flexibility on that at this
> time. Dave
>
> Hey, nothing like personal attacks, now is there?
>
> Firstly, this isn't a list about news in Central Asia or anywhere
> else for that matter.  While news on that front is indeed important,
> there are countless other venues for it.  Please, let's use them.
> Besides, this list is too slow already, right?
>
> Secondly, there wouldn't BE glitches in the RSS feeds if the UserLand
> Manila and RadioUserland products didn't CREATE them.  While OPML
> serves as a great format for outlines, it's spec has nothing
> pertaining to newsfeeds or syndication (I looked).
>
> Dave, take it elsewhere.  I've tried taking ideas to you and your
> software.  First by making suggestions and filing bug reports and
> then by writing code.  And I've been met with unbelievable arrogance
> and hostility.  So much for helping others.
>
> You can't hold a conversation with anyone Dave.  At least not one
> that calls anything you believe into question.
>
> Good people of the world?  Or only people that YOU think are good?
> Typical American myopia; unable to see how his 'benevolence' goes out
> and HARMS people.
>
> -Bill Kearney
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