From 4b6c0e31385f5f27a151088c0a2b614495c4e589 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Duncan Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:47:50 -0400 Subject: initial commit, including theme --- ...03-06-27-apparently-i-m-a-total-msdn-whore.html | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2003-06-27-apparently-i-m-a-total-msdn-whore.html (limited to 'content/posts/2003-06-27-apparently-i-m-a-total-msdn-whore.html') diff --git a/content/posts/2003-06-27-apparently-i-m-a-total-msdn-whore.html b/content/posts/2003-06-27-apparently-i-m-a-total-msdn-whore.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f1063b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2003-06-27-apparently-i-m-a-total-msdn-whore.html @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +date: "2003-06-27T18:21:32Z" +title: Apparently I'm a Total MSDN Whore +--- + +

+BITS is kind of interesting, although I think it poses some serious security and stability risks. It did get me thinking about a Net::Require::require implementation for Ruby again, though. So I guess it's not all bad. +

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+Here is a brief list of Web Services vying for the place of RSS. From the article: +

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+While these efforts are certainly worthwhile and promising, it will most likely take years before they pass the filters of real life use before they can claim widespread adoption. All of them ask for a thick infrastructure layer to support implementations. While possible, it is unlikely that mainstream deployment will be achieved instantly. +
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+Translation: "It's fun to work on this stuff, but we already know our implementation won't scale and will be difficult for developers to use." +

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+I love it when standards organizations find a simple format or protocol and say "Wow, that's a great idea. Let's create our own and tack on a bunch of unnecessary crap, making our standard complicated, slow, obtuse, and effectively irrelevant. HTTP perservered because it is simple. RSS is still kicking because it issimple. +Is this concept difficult to grasp, or is the Committee Reality +Distortion Vortex™ masking common sense again? +

+ +

+# delete the RSS equivalent of New Coke
+rm -rf WS{XL,IL,RP}
+
+# keep the good stuff around
+chmod a-x RSS +

+ +

+Okay, </rant> :-)... +

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