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RSS Wins, Signals Atom's Death Toll?

Posted by Hemos on from the well-maybe dept.

S. Housley writes " RSS appears to have conquered the last hurdle in becoming the industry syndication standard. Microsoft's inclusion of RSS into the newest version of Internet Explorer and reports that RSS will be in Longhorn's coming release appears to be the final nail in the coffin of the Atom specification. Even Atom's steadfast supporter Google, appears to have seen the light. Google had previously acquired Blogger, a popular blogging tool that uses the Atom specification to syndicate the contents of blogs created on the Blogger platform. In the past Google had strategically steered clear of endorsing the RSS specification hoping that Atom, would take hold. Google's recent new service that allows web surfers to monitor Google News using either RSS or Atom feeds, appears to be an acknowledgment that perhaps in purchasing Blogger, they chose the wrong specification. "

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  1. Article from a biased company by bigwavejas · · Score: 5, Insightful
    RSS may have won the Atom/RSS battle, but for Feedforall.com to make such matter-of-fact statements such as,

    "Google's recent new service that allows web surfers to monitor Google News using either RSS or Atom feeds, appears to be an acknowledgment that perhaps in purchasing Blogger, they chose the wrong specification."

    ...When they're a company that exclusively promotes the use of RSS, it seems a bit self-righteous; moreover, presumptuous that Google is simply writing off Atom.

    --
    "Simplify, simplify, simplify!" Thoreau
  2. Crack monkey by LordMyren · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You crack rock smoking monkey, only like .5% of the web denziens actually use some form of syndication. Most people havent the foggiest idea what RSS even is. So, MS puts RSS into IE: suddenly RSS is going to overrun atom? Somehow I think not.

    IMO, atom is a far better protocol. The creators obviously tried to integrate the protocol with existing XML standards, v. RSS which basically gets as far as tag>. Its far more clear about its payload and is way better suited towards XML delivery. But, decide for yourself.

    I see no problem with the current duality. I do wish Atom were available more places, but I can still live with RSS where I need to.

    Myren

  3. Re:Atom's Death Toll by squidfood · · Score: 5, Insightful
    To sum up:

    When a bell tolls a death knell
    Each knell's for one body
    The death toll is the sum of knells
    But only one's for thee.