Tim Connors writes: > On Tue, 25 Dec 2012, Jason White wrote: >> Trent W. Buck wrote: >> >>> While doubtless useless to you, I feel compelled to mention that >>> gwene.org, which translates RSS/Atom's idiotic design into a >>> newsgroup, >> >> That's a very good idea - let's just convert ATOM/RSS feeds to NNTP. >> >> There is a proliferation of protocols: SMTP, NNTP, RSS/ATOM, XMPP, >> IRC, etc., in addition to Web APIs for various services that all >> perform similar but slightly different functions. I sometimes wonder >> whether we'll see more consolidation of such protocols in the future. > > Bwuhahaha. Seriously? http://xkcd.com/927/ (and you think this 15th > protocol will be superior to any of the previous attempts?)
Ahem. I was advocating throwing away fancy-pants new protocols and using an existing one, not creating a new one. AFAICT Jason wasn't advocating a new protocol either, but maybe I'm just projecting. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
