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]]> By: Des Paroz http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=930&cpage=1#comment-2317 Des Paroz Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=930#comment-2317 Hi Ed, perhaps VCR is a good analogy. Although this is the official acronym used, most people I know just talk about video, which is the generic that covers all forms. Hell, I talk about video when I refer to my TV harddisk recorder or DVD, sometimes. Feeds is more generic than RSS, and more user friendly. Dave also wonders why others have to reinvent - extending the RSS standard, Atom, etc. Its because once visionaries like Dave create something, others can come along and see ways to extend. Try explaining RSS to someone, and their eyes glaze over. Try explaining web feeds, and they often get it. Hi Ed, perhaps VCR is a good analogy. Although this is the official acronym used, most people I know just talk about video, which is the generic that covers all forms. Hell, I talk about video when I refer to my TV harddisk recorder or DVD, sometimes.

Feeds is more generic than RSS, and more user friendly. Dave also wonders why others have to reinvent – extending the RSS standard, Atom, etc. Its because once visionaries like Dave create something, others can come along and see ways to extend.

Try explaining RSS to someone, and their eyes glaze over. Try explaining web feeds, and they often get it.

]]> By: Michael M. Ross http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=930&cpage=1#comment-2318 Michael M. Ross Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=930#comment-2318 Although I agree he sounds like a "whiner", he is also most likely a victim of the open-source/zero-IP brainwashing movement. Anyone who spends the thousands of hours required to create even a modest program - good, bad, or indifferent - deserves to have at least the hope of financial reward. Vanity, glory, peer recognition, or an ego trip are just not enough! If you've created something new and worthwhile, you should be rewarded with some green stuff from the big bad software capitalists, like Microsoft, who figured out a long time ago how to turn other people's ideas into money. (Where did this absurdist notion come from: that you should give everything you're passionate about and have a talent for away for nothing? Would you apply this principle to any other part of your life!) That's why I think that the knee-jerk anti-patenters miss the point entirely. A software patent is effectively nothing more sinister than a copyright for software - and, BTW, usually requires full disclosure of the source code. It provides a modicum of protection that every software creator should consider - certainly a provisional patent, which anyone can file themselves for less than 100 bucks. An independent inventor who takes the minimum steps to protect his/her IP is not stiffling the intellectual march of mankind:) Only in the most extreme circumstances is it enforceable anyway - as it costs $2M to $3M plus to launch a patent infringement case. (IP law firms will not even consider an infringement case unless it can return $5M to $10M plus.) p.s. RSS was such a lousy name - it certainly turned me off from the get go. Contrast with BitTorrent - a great name, a great idea, and, behind it, another poor inventor asking for donations. Although I agree he sounds like a “whiner”, he is also most likely a victim of the open-source/zero-IP brainwashing movement. Anyone who spends the thousands of hours required to create even a modest program – good, bad, or indifferent – deserves to have at least the hope of financial reward. Vanity, glory, peer recognition, or an ego trip are just not enough! If you’ve created something new and worthwhile, you should be rewarded with some green stuff from the big bad software capitalists, like Microsoft, who figured out a long time ago how to turn other people’s ideas into money. (Where did this absurdist notion come from: that you should give everything you’re passionate about and have a talent for away for nothing? Would you apply this principle to any other part of your life!) That’s why I think that the knee-jerk anti-patenters miss the point entirely. A software patent is effectively nothing more sinister than a copyright for software – and, BTW, usually requires full disclosure of the source code. It provides a modicum of protection that every software creator should consider – certainly a provisional patent, which anyone can file themselves for less than 100 bucks. An independent inventor who takes the minimum steps to protect his/her IP is not stiffling the intellectual march of mankind:) Only in the most extreme circumstances is it enforceable anyway – as it costs $2M to $3M plus to launch a patent infringement case. (IP law firms will not even consider an infringement case unless it can return $5M to $10M plus.)

p.s. RSS was such a lousy name – it certainly turned me off from the get go. Contrast with BitTorrent – a great name, a great idea, and, behind it, another poor inventor asking for donations.

]]> By: guest http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=930&cpage=1#comment-2319 guest Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=930#comment-2319 Maybe the reason he cares is because he has invested in domain names that contain the string 'RSS'? Maybe the reason he cares is because he has invested in domain names that contain the string ‘RSS’?

]]> By: Is there a PC Doctor in the house? http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=930&cpage=1#comment-2320 Is there a PC Doctor in the house? Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=930#comment-2320 <strong>Ed Bott - “What’s in a name?”</strong> Ed Bott  just posted something interesting that I’ve been thinking a lot about in the past few days. RSS The post starts off because of a post made by Dave Winer (I’ll let you go there to read it for yourself if you want the backgro... Ed Bott – “What’s in a name?”

Ed Bott  just posted something interesting that I’ve been thinking a lot about in the past few days.
RSS
The post starts off because of a post made by Dave Winer (I’ll let you go there to read it for yourself if you want the backgro…

]]> By: Read/Write Web http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=930&cpage=1#comment-2321 Read/Write Web Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=930#comment-2321 <strong>Feeds are the new RSS</strong> This week I kicked off a discussion about what the brand name of RSS should be, going forward. It's generated a lot of great discussion, including some excellent comments on my blog. And funnily enough, I'm now convinced that in... Feeds are the new RSS

This week I kicked off a discussion about what the brand name of RSS should be, going forward. It’s generated a lot of great discussion, including some excellent comments on my blog. And funnily enough, I’m now convinced that in…

]]> By: The Mediaburn Radio Weblog http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=930&cpage=1#comment-2322 The Mediaburn Radio Weblog Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=930#comment-2322 <strong>'That Which We Call A Rose, By Any Other Name...</strong> ...would smell as sweet." - Billy Shakespeare With RSS, it's the function and the format that's important. ‘That Which We Call A Rose, By Any Other Name…

…would smell as sweet.” – Billy Shakespeare With RSS, it’s the function and the format that’s important.

]]> By: Alex Barnett blog http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=930&cpage=1#comment-2323 Alex Barnett blog Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=930#comment-2323 <strong>If you love RSS...</strong> So about all this RSS vs. Feeds naming brouhaha, what can I say? I love RSS.  I've been... If you love RSS…

So about all this
RSS vs. Feeds
naming brouhaha, what can I say?

I love RSS.  I’ve been…

]]> By: MasterMaq's Blog http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=930&cpage=1#comment-2324 MasterMaq's Blog Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=930#comment-2324 <strong>Web Feeds or RSS?</strong> Lots of discussion going on lately about whether or not Microsoft, and everyone else for that matter,... Web Feeds or RSS?

Lots of discussion going on lately about whether or not Microsoft, and everyone else for that matter,…

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