Microsoft and RSS
Dan Gillmor,
Bayosphere,
Jun 25, 2005
The big news today is Microsoft's announcement that it will embrace RSS and its release, under a Creative Commons license, of an extension to the protocol to allow for ordered lists. There has been some scepticism in the blogosphere, justified scepticism based on the way Microsoft has trashed standards in the past. But in its bare essence this announcement is a welcome one and one that follows well-established protocols for joining the community. Many people, myself included, have extended RSS and shared our extensions. And so long as it's all kept open and non-proprietary, there's nothing wrong with that, no matter what the source. So while it really doesn't deserve it, I will give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt here, and welcome their involvement in our community.
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