RE: Thesis on syndication formats

["Clinton Gallagher" <csgallagher@metromilwaukee.com>]

>    Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:54:52 +0000
>    From: Sigitas Jakucionis <sigitas@gmail.com>
>    Subject: Thesis on syndication formats
> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm writing thesis on RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 and Atom titled 
> "Socio-technical Issues Surrounding Content Syndication with 
> RSS and Atom in E-commerce". 

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Good idea Sigitas. Will you be publishing the thesis so it
may be read by members of the public?

There is little I can offer but a few pithy comments.
Your current topical outline seems 'light' with regard to
'socio' and heavy on the 'technical' wouldn't you agree?

The current outline says little about the use of
syndication on marketing economics, the impact that 
syndication will have on those who have hitherto controlled 
markets by means of unethical if not fraudulent manipulation 
of the economics of publishing (newspapers, magazines and 
corrupt broadcast media) and so on.

With my background in developing e-commerce websites I
can foresee the emergence of lightweight loosely coupled
syndicated product information service(s) that merchants 
will use to distribute product information to many 
participating sites who will earn commissions for referrals, 
i.e. a new era of 'affiliate marketing.'

Hope these comments help...

<%= Clinton Gallagher