Is Blogging the Next Browser Market?
Thought to post one of my comments on Adam Curry's Blog here on Mediaburn. The "Echo" syndication format probably will not be backward compatible with RSS as a legacy format. The comment below is pretty harsh on my part, but the internet field has already suffered so much damage, users have a right to be angry.
I'm Responding to Phil McCluskey who wrote, "Can you, if you're able, explain how the rise of a new syndication format opens up the capacity for anti-competitive behaviour when virtually all syndication readers and writers will provide the ability for both formats to be created and consumed?"
Hi Phil,
The weak link lies in your statement "virtually all syndication readers and writers will provide the ability for both formats to be created and consumed"
Where did you get this guarantee??? You are assuming this is true. The truth is we don't know. There is potential harm to consumers/bloggers if Echo does not allow backward compatibility with RSS as a legacy format.
As I wrote before, the anti-competitive potential of Echo is SO obvious, I'm surprised and embarrassed there are so many people endorsing this format. The format doesn't even have a real name yet, which is also laughable. There is a word for the early Echo endorsers - suckers.
To bloggers who wish to shoot themselves in the foot, I say - "be my guest." Hopefully there will be another group who will stick with RSS and prevent Echo from becoming a Frankenstein monster. Will blogging continue to enjoy it's great growth, or will it level out and cease to be a big factor on the internet? Will Echo eventually create something like the browser market? The browser market hasn't advanced technically in years. Why? There is no browser market. Competition in the field was eliminated.
Weblog Syndication, Economies of Scale, and Competitive Markets
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