Sorry, I have to side with Microsoft
Here’s the scoop: techie terminology goes over great with techies but not so great with Joe and Jane Sixpack. Folks who don’t know what DHCP is may understand what a “dynamic network address” is. Ditto for Firewire vs. RFC 1394, AJAX vs. JavaScript XMLHttpRequest objects, aspirin vs. acetylsalicylic acid…
So now Microsoft is trying to slap a humanistic name on RSS news feeds: “Web Feeds.” Screw purity, I say go for it. The more average humans use it, the more popular the technology will become (not that it isn’t popular now). DAV didn’t die when Microsoft added “Web Folder” support to Windows, did it? Nope, it didn’t.
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p> So don’t get your panties up in a wad over this. RSS will be RSS whether or not it’s available with a different name on Windows. If Microsoft changes RSS (why on earth would they want to??) they’ll be the ones who suffer.]]>
