Hey people, let's just chill out :)I think I understand Matt's concern. What is bad in polling is the "multiplicity". Polling once is not bad... polling several times _is_ evil.
Let's not play on the words. Comparing spec is endless. Let's trust the market to make the decision for what should be the standard. Julien -- Julien Genestoux, http://twitter.com/julien51 http://superfeedr.com +1 (415) 254 7340 +33 (0)9 70 44 76 29 Sent from Piedmont, CA, United States On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Bob Wyman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Matthew Terenzio <[email protected]>wrote: > > rssCloud merely makes a "request" upon being pinged. No ping, no request. > > Polling is "not polling"? > > While we're at it, why don't we clean up some other confusions... Consider: > > Love is hate, peace is war... > > bob wyman > > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Matthew Terenzio <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I think it might help the community to stop saying that PubSubHubbub >> eliminates the need for polling while rssCloud does not. >> >> That just simply isn't true. Polling is what RSS or Atom does when >> their is neither PSHB or rssCloud. >> >> rssCloud merely makes a "request" upon being pinged. No ping, no request. >> >> Please don't come back with more about thundering herds. I fully >> understand both specs. >> >> I'm not trying to make a statement about whether one spec is better or >> not, just addressing the mistaken use of the term polling. I've seen >> it more than once and it may confuse the less technical people trying >> to understand these things. >> > >
