http://www.scripting.com/ It's even worse than it appears. en-us Copyright 1997-2006 Dave Winer Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:47:44 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OPML Editor version 0.64 dave@scripting.com dave@scripting.com New Flickr set: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/sets/72057594065985779/">A pre-party visit to TechCrunch HQ</a>. Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:46:10 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/17.html#When:6:46:10PM <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124738,00.asp">PC World</a> on podcasting. Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:37:03 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/17.html#When:5:37:03PM This afternoon's lunch talk at Yahoo went great. I wonder if they'll provide an MP3. Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:37:25 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/17.html#When:5:37:25PM I ordered an iPod for a friend, it <a href="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2006/02/17/fedex.gif">shipped</a> the same day from Shanghai! Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:46:42 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/17.html#When:8:46:42AM http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/17.html#clearingSomethingUp <p><a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/02/17#a1065">John Palfrey</a>: "Nothing has changed from the perspective of Harvard, which is the owner and trustee of the RSS 2.0 spec."</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/2004/05/18#a540">5/18/04</a>: "It's got a very conservative mission, to answer questions about RSS, to help people use it, to promote its use. It's basically a support function."</p> <p>Anyone wishing to understand the status of the <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss">RSS 2.0 spec</a> should just refer to the two bits linked to above. </p> <p>1. The spec is owned by Harvard. 2. The RSS Advisory Board, when it existed, performed a support function. Later, in case anyone was still confused, we disclaimed: "It does not own RSS, or the spec, it has no more or less authority than any other group of people who wish to promote RSS."</p> <p>So people and companies who think they were invited to be on some kind of standards body that owns the spec were sold a <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/59/8/brooklynbrid.html">Brooklyn Bridge</a>. Hope they didn't pay too much for it. ";->"</p> Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:23:01 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/17.html#clearingSomethingUp