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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. Never mind that, look how low your ID is :-o by Low+Slashdot+ID+Guy! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Honestly who cares about atom/schmatom when you've got an ID like yours.

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  2. Re:MSRSS by R2.0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Next:

    MSRSSIPPI: Don't know what it means, but I can spell it because it is catchy.

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  3. Re:Atom's Death Toll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I fail to see how that is off topic. Its simply an elaboration on the same subject: which is that the subject is flawed!

  4. Never mind that, look how low your ID is :-o by Low+Slashdot+ID+Guy! · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    7593, I only wish :-(

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  5. Re:Ask not for whom the bell tolls, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you can't see the difference between "bell tolls" and "death toll", you're a fucking retard, pretentious reference to John Donne notwithstanding.