Sun Adopts RSS. Sun Microsystems will become the first major platform vendor to commit to the RSS syndication technology, says Sun EVP Jonathan Schwartz in an exclusive chat with eWEEK's Steve Gillmor. [Steve Gillmor's eWEEK Blogosphere] OK, what about MSFT? They've been doing RSS stuff for awhile now. 2:12:42 PM |
Will Sun Beat Microsoft to the RSS Aggregator Punch?. Like Microsoft already has done, Sun is looking to expose its developer information as RSS feeds. No big surprise there. But Sun also is contemplating adding an RSS aggregator to the Java Desktop System, it seems. Microsoft is working to do the same with Longhorn client. [Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley] 1:57:53 PM |
RSS is raging. So from this strength, I've outlined a plan to merge RSS and Atom, much the same way we merged UserLand's format with Netscape's format in 1999. By making this offer to the Atom people I'm giving them a chance to get out of conflict with RSS. I think it's something users can support. I hope they get together and make a serious counter. Why shouldn't they? [Scripting News] Dave offers a plan to merge RSS and Atom. 1:53:36 PM |