Nice ;) On Sunday, December 27, 2009, Brett Slatkin <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess this post was a Christmas present from Dave. Happy Holidays everyone! > On Dec 27, 2009 3:11 AM, "Pádraic Brady" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think what's happening is the inevitable. Over the past few months we've > seen PuSH rolled out, discussed, adopted, poked with a stick, etc. It's come > through unscathed. rssCloud outside of its Wordpress adoption hasn't gotten > the same attention or adoption. Those of us actually implementing these > things always had two issues - fat ping efficiency, Atom support and > unreliable security. PuSH has not had these as issues. > > At every turn rssCloud is taking a long time to solve issues PuSH addressed > almost from the start. I mean, rssCloud still doesn't have formal Atom > support - Dave keeps mentioning Atom but he has never specified a namespace > to use for the rsscloud element - and there are now three possibilities: the > rssCloud URI, a third-party article suggestion, and the RSS Advisory Boards > proposed RSS 2.0 namespace. It's an implementation nightmare for Atom. > > From the article, Dave's remaining shots at PuSH are desktop client > communications. Presumably he hasn't heard of XMPP, Comet or long polling - > all of which can be applied with PuSH. Indeed, his own rssCloud solution is > nothing more than standard long polling. I can do that in my sleep with the > efficiency afforded by a light server such as nginx (and I'm sure the > Python/Ruby guys have their own language alternatives too). > > This is all a good thing in a way. For those watching the news, it shows PuSH > got it right and rssCloud is only now catching up and backtailing on previous > statements. > > Pádraic Brady > > http://blog.astrumfutura.com > http://www.survivethedeepend.com > OpenID Europe Founda... > > From: Alan Williamson <[email protected]> > To: Pubsubhubbub <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, December 27, 2009 8:35:37 AM > Subject: [pubsubhubbub] > Re: rssCloud - it just keeps changing... > > What i find most alarming about that article is Dave's line: > > "I learned when I met with the Tumblr... > > >
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