Comments on: RSS crossing the chasm - and plenty more to come http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2006/02/05/rss-crossing-the-chasm-and-plenty-more-to-come/ The former home of Simon's blog on news, politics and e-government. Now at puffbox.com. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:40:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: SimonD http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2006/02/05/rss-crossing-the-chasm-and-plenty-more-to-come/#comment-15 SimonD Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:10:35 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2006/02/05/rss-crossing-the-chasm-and-plenty-more-to-come/#comment-15 I suppose it's a toss-up. Both options have advantages and disadvantages; both options require a certain level of trust. You may or may not trust Microsoft and its intentions... and as an interesting aside, guess who was found by Edelman's 2006 Trust Barometer to be the <a HREF="http://www.edelman.com/news/ShowOne.asp?ID=102" rel="nofollow">world's most trusted global company</a>? But I'm much happier to have a platform with the option of API access, as opposed to one without. And I'm prepared to give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt, for now at least; there's enough credible evidence that they 'get' the new way of things. I suppose it’s a toss-up. Both options have advantages and disadvantages; both options require a certain level of trust. You may or may not trust Microsoft and its intentions… and as an interesting aside, guess who was found by Edelman’s 2006 Trust Barometer to be the world’s most trusted global company? But I’m much happier to have a platform with the option of API access, as opposed to one without. And I’m prepared to give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt, for now at least; there’s enough credible evidence that they ‘get’ the new way of things.

]]> By: Dave Winer http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2006/02/05/rss-crossing-the-chasm-and-plenty-more-to-come/#comment-14 Dave Winer Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:46:12 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2006/02/05/rss-crossing-the-chasm-and-plenty-more-to-come/#comment-14 "we expect that over time, online services will provide tools that synchronize the Common Feed List with their services. This will allow roaming of the user’s subscription list not only between applications, but also between computers." I addressed this in my essay -- that's not a solution, they're thinking you can install a toolbar from any online service that wants to tap in. That's the wrong topology. It's a centralization problem, which isn't neatly solved by putting little dangerous pieces of code into your desktop OS. This is the same company that's fighting malware right and left. Not a good answer. I don't share their expectation. “we expect that over time, online services will provide tools that synchronize the Common Feed List with their services. This will allow roaming of the user’s subscription list not only between applications, but also between computers.”

I addressed this in my essay — that’s not a solution, they’re thinking you can install a toolbar from any online service that wants to tap in. That’s the wrong topology. It’s a centralization problem, which isn’t neatly solved by putting little dangerous pieces of code into your desktop OS. This is the same company that’s fighting malware right and left. Not a good answer. I don’t share their expectation.

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