July 5, 2003
MarkBernstein.org
 

Off The Rails

I've been reassuring everyone in sight that Echo would work out. Now, I'm not sure. I'm worried that it's veering off the rails.

All of a sudden, it seems that echo wants to discard all the current posting methods (based on XML-RPC) in order to use a different protocol (SOAP), That's going to be a significant nuisance for developers. Maybe that's the agenda?

Thus far, the opposition includes Tinderbox, RadioUserland, NetNewsWire, and Archipelago...