Microsoft denies RSS moves
WinInfo | at | by Mike
A recently revealed Microsoft patent application has the blogging community up in arms over fears that the software giant is attempting to control the RSS (real simple syndication) technologies that power blogs and podcasts. More problematic for these hot-head bloggers is that they believe Microsoft is also trying to take credit for creating RSS. Not so, says Microsoft. "These patents describe specific ways to improve the RSS end-user and developer experience (which we believe are valuable and innovative contributions)," Microsoft RSS program manager Sean Lyndersay wrote in his blog this week. "They do not constitute a claim that Microsoft invented RSS." As for commandeering RSS, I'm pretty sure that's exactly the plan. I mean, this is Microsoft.