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Microsoft Proposes RSS Extension

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the keep-your-hands-offa-my-calendar dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie said this week that his company is working on a new extension to RSS that would help users with different contact and calendar software and services synchronize each other's information." From the article: "If this sounds familiar to those using IBM's Lotus Notes, it should. SSE was conceived after Microsoft's recently recruited chief technology officer Ray Ozzie brainstormed with members of the Exchange, Outlook, MSN, Windows Mobile and Messenger Communicator product teams shortly after he joined."

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  1. They just have to be different. CalDAV? by Kunta+Kinte · · Score: 3, Informative
    CalDAV is an IETF draft is is actively being worked on by a large community. Already there are interoperating implementations ( http://ietfreport.isoc.org/idref/draft-dusseault-c aldav/ and http://ietf.webdav.org/caldav/home.html )

    Why not join in and support the effort?

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  2. Already been done. by IGnatius+T+Foobar · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sounds like Microsoft is trying to re-invent GroupDAV, which is an open standard developed for precisely this purpose. Microsoft just has to be a childish brat and do things its own way.

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  3. Re:Creative Commons by amliebsch · · Score: 4, Informative
    From the bottom of the linked page:
    As to software implementations, Microsoft is not aware of any patent claims it owns or controls that would be necessarily infringed by a software implementation that conforms to the specification's extensions. If Microsoft later becomes aware of any such necessary patent claims, Microsoft also agrees to offer a royalty-free patent license on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions to any such patent claims for the purpose of publishing and consuming the extensions set out in the specification.
    So they don't think they have any patents, and even if it turns out they do, licenses are granted under RAND terms.
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