Comments on: Microsoft to Extend RSS Support http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/06/microsoft_to_extend_rss_support/ Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tollie http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/06/microsoft_to_extend_rss_support/#comment-23318 Tollie Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:18:19 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1827#comment-23318 It turns out that Microsoft is going to release its extensions to RSS under the creative common license, and they do have a point - there's no really good mechanism built into RSS right now for the creation of lists. eg. 'Top 10 favorite books', 'My Wishlist', or even 'Most popular del.icio.us pages'. So, it looks like Microsoft is actually doing this one right, and will help benefit the RSS community. It's Apple with their iTunes namespace and redundant extensions that's trying to bully everyone this time. It turns out that Microsoft is going to release its extensions to RSS under the creative common license, and they do have a point – there’s no really good mechanism built into RSS right now for the creation of lists. eg. ‘Top 10 favorite books’, ‘My Wishlist’, or even ‘Most popular del.icio.us pages’.

So, it looks like Microsoft is actually doing this one right, and will help benefit the RSS community. It’s Apple with their iTunes namespace and redundant extensions that’s trying to bully everyone this time.

]]> By: cliche http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/06/microsoft_to_extend_rss_support/#comment-23317 cliche Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:48:10 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1827#comment-23317 What, did you expect anything less from the company who invented tabbed browsing? Besides, if they announced it for Longhorn, it has a pretty good chance to get cancelled before launch. What, did you expect anything less from the company who invented tabbed browsing? Besides, if they announced it for Longhorn, it has a pretty good chance to get cancelled before launch.

]]> By: Riddle http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/06/microsoft_to_extend_rss_support/#comment-23316 Riddle Sun, 26 Jun 2005 01:09:33 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1827#comment-23316 They should follow RDF standard... or try to use Atom. They should follow RDF standard… or try to use Atom.

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