Friday June 18, 2004 Neutrality and Abstraction
I've just been chatting with Scoble on IM (yes, it happens). He'd not noticed Rome, but thinks it's cool and I agree. This is the path forward in the Great Syndication War, in my view - neutrality and abstraction. Rome lets you use XML-based computer-to-computer syndication in your Java programs regardless of the underlying format.
What I think is changing the world is loosely-coupled, XML-based syndication. I respect its history and the minds that made it and the technologies it leverages, but going forward all I want is stuff that works and is open. Arguing how to do that is for other minds. As for me, I don't want to be co-opted by any faction. The terms we use to talk of things do matter. To avoid co-option while supporting the technology I talk neutrally of 'syndication feeds' and I suggest you do too.
Posted by webmink
( Jun 18 2004, 06:53:47 PM PDT )
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