So far Atom is a less featureful version of RSS 2.0.
As a bystander, throwing in only some words at a time, I have the feeling that many good ideas and features got kicked out because there is no _current_ usage.
And that is, as I have already said on the list, no good. See <http://www.imc.org/atom-syntax/mail-archive/msg07773.html>
Of course Atom now is more or less stable enough and could replace RSS and its many brothers and sisters. But, as Dare states it, there is no benefit to it.
Well, this is more of a political discussion than a technical question, but is is worthwhile to think about it. What do we want to achieve and what do we provide for the future? Yeah, I know, there is the charter answering these questions, but beside the charter there is a emotional side, too, ain't it?
I am really sorry my English is not good enough to actually say what I want to say, but that should be at least understandable.
cu, Sascha
