[MTOS-dev] RSS Support

[Byrne Reese]

On 4/20/08 12:34 PM, "Bruce" <bruce at bkdesign.ca> wrote:
> It is the most popular and widest used by far and has the most support with
> feedreaders and parsers.

I beg to differ. We work closely with almost every feed reading software
provider out there, their teams have assured us directly, and we have found
through our own testing that Atom and RSS are supported equally.

This decision was never about standards politics or what format is better
than the other, this release is about performance, and in this day and age,
there is no need to publish feeds in multiple formats when they are
supported equally [1].

We selected Atom because all things being equal, Atom is an Internet
standard and RSS is not, and that is more closely aligned with MTOS' stated
project goals [2].

If however there is concrete evidence to suggest that dropping RSS will
result in Movable Type not interoperating with third party software then we
will happily reconsider the change.

I might also add that MT will always support the ability to publish RSS
feeds. The templates will always be free and open source, and third party
template sets are always welcome to bundle whatever feed formats they
choose.

Byrne

[1] Although clearly you disagree with that assertion. Would you might
    indicating which tools do not support Atom?

[2] http://www.movabletype.org/opensource/