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More questions answered 1. Will NetNewsWire support Echo? If/when Echo is ready, NetNewsWire will support it. In fact, my plan is to go a step further and create a plugin interface for NetNewsWire, so that developers can add support for other formats too, even non-XML formats. Just because I’m on the RSS advisory board doesn’t mean I see this all as some kind of war. I’m no soldier. My focus remains making software that people like. 2. Why did I jump in the fray? As stated above, I don’t think of this as a war. But that there has been conflict between some people about syndication standards is undeniable. I consider the move and re-licensing of the RSS spec a move away from conflict. That’s a good thing. There’s a difference between being an RSS advocate, which I am, and an RSS absolutist, which I am not. RSS Spec Moves to Berkman, Advisory Board Formed That’s where I come in: I’m on the advisory board. Its initial members are Dave Winer, Jon Udell, and me. I think this is a very good move for RSS. Dan Gillmor has a good overview in RSS Moves a Step Forward. Two questions have come up so far regarding my participation in the advisory board. I’ll answer them: 1. Do I own stock in UserLand? No. 2. Given that I used to work for UserLand, will I be independent, or will I vote as Dave votes? I have and will continue to vote independently. If you want some evidence of my independence, an obvious thing is that NetNewsWire and Radio UserLand are competing products. Both are RSS aggregators; both run on OS X. They work together, too—you can post to a Radio weblog from NetNewsWire—but NetNewsWire also works in the same way with Blogger, Blosxom, Movable Type, and other systems. I could go on, but I hope that’s enough. If you have other questions about my participation, please feel free to email me or add a comment to this site. News archive... |