Re: [syndication] The scenario

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

One word: Oy.

I'm going to go ahead anyway. Maybe some other people have comments. Bill
you're one of a kind, for sure.

Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kearney" <ml_yahoo@ideaspace.net>
To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [syndication] The scenario


> > Some of the comments here are off because the commenter isn't
considering
> > the scenario.
>
> No, the commenters have indeed considered them.  We already know of this
> scenario.
>
> > First, this is not happening in a Web browser, it's happening in an
> > aggregator.
>
> And all current aggregators involve a browser in some fashion.
>
> > We don't have the source of any HTML text around, ready to be examined
for
> > links.
>
> Uh, yes you would, see above comment.
>
> > The server is Yahoo. They use lots of static pages, and a highly
optimized
> > server. 404's are cheap.
>
> Cheap for one doesn't mean everyone should be punished with a bad
solution.
>
> > The goal is to quickly get a list of feeds that are available from
Yahoo.
>
> So use a <link> tag that points to the file and you're done.
>
> > Now I may not understand all I need to understand about Yahoo, and there
may
> > be problems with putting a file at a specific location for other
servers,
> > but as usual, the religious arguments are all we're hearing. Talk about
> > clogging up things and wasting time.
>
> That you fail to consider the larger impact is QUITE often the source of a
lot
> of wasted time.
>
> > I plan to implement this in a few hours on an experimental basis on the
> > Berkman server, just to see what issues come up. Perhaps someone else
would
> > like to try it out on their server, and report back practical, not
religious
> > issues. I don't want a format that has deal-stoppers, but I'm also not
going
> > to let religious arguments stop development of yet another useful idea.
Had
> > enough of that.
>
> Bullying people into implemented badly thought out hacks does seem to be
your
> specialty.  Calling valid technical points 'religious' arguments is
insulting.
> Again, that's your standard modus operandi, isn't it?
>
> -Bill Keareny
>
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