Whose Users are Flaming Whom?

I promised myself I would stay out of this from now on, but this was just too interesting a progression:

In a very short period of time I believe that RSS 2.0 will be accepted everywhere that earlier formats are. BTW, it’s probably not a good time for jokes — it looks like peace is breaking out, but it’s fragile. Some people are sure to take cheap shots to try to break it up and a joke could be mistaken for that. - Dave Winer, September 26, 2002

Movable Type users, predictably flame me for advocating a time-tested way of evolving software, explained by Don Park. In so many ways we’re hitting the reset button on old practices that worked. Embrace & Extend is respectful. Eventually SixApart will want the respect, when an upstart (or an old fart) implements something called Trackback that doesn’t work with theirs. Users, of course, don’t have to understand this. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t relevant. And one day it would be great if vendors asked their users not to flame their critics or competitors. One can hope. - Dave Winer, June 10, 2003

Here are some straight fast balls to clear up the confusion: RDF is f***ed up, MT is f***ed up, Six Apart is f***ed up. - Don Park, June 22, 2003

That’s what Don Park realized, and that’s why he’s angry. He should be. Users should be too. This is strictly bad for users. - Dave Winer

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