Atom is better than RSS, in ways that matter

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	Atom is better than RSS, in ways that matter (chrismorgan.info)
	23 points by frizlab 6 hours ago

2 comments

superkuh 1 hour ago

Atom is better than RSS in the way Betamax was better than VHS. With the same outcome and consequences for practical use.

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thaumasiotes 7 minutes ago

What? Not at all. RSS is a product category. Many RSS feeds are, if you look into them, Atom. Your RSS reader just doesn't bother to tell you, because why would you care?

Try putting a Betamax tape into a VHS VCR and see if you can watch it.

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pavel_lishin 1 hour ago

The three ways of encoding the string "<xmp>" in the title all look like awful gibberish to me.

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