Format wars are won by spec plus politics
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what makes the format when is a combination of the spec being being well done. And the politics of what go on with it. There. You cannot separate those two things, right? Because just having the best spec rarely is enough.
Episode 77: Is that a minipub in your pocket? (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:22:38 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
RSS's loose spec is both its strength and its weakness, and Atom was arguably the better format. Having lived through that format war, Dave says you learn not to be a hardliner. The best spec rarely wins alone: winning takes a good spec married to the politics around it.
Not in the audio. 'when' in the transcript is 'win'.
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Episode 77: Is that a minipub in your pocket? (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:21:59 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
you've seen which one, one and why at one, then it informs the next time you start to get involved in a project like podcasting 2.0 or something like that. You bring that experience with you.
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