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I would like to propose, nay, admonish, that the name of the format and spec\nshould be Atom, that the current naming vote should be killed, and we should\nmove on to grander things without the auspices of \"what's it called?!\" over\nour heads. This has been going on far too long.
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Source:Morbus Iff: 'Atom' Should Be It's Name, and It's Name Was Atom\n\n
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I haven't been anywhere near the epicenter of Atom/Pie/Echo much,\nso this is mostly a 'me too' kind of posting. But, you know, as an\ninterested hacker waiting for dust to settle before I start paying\nmuch attention, the decision on a name, as superficial as it is,\nseems telling to me.

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On one hand, I could take it to be representative of what's going\non inside the project as a whole. (If they can't settle on a name,\nhow can they settle on what's included in the spec?) On the other hand,\nit could just be that naming the thing is the least interesting aspect\nof the project. But I consider that because I'm a nerd, I've been\nthere, and I want to see the project thrive. Others might not be so\ncharitable or patient. :)

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So just name the dang thing Atom already.

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I would like to propose, nay, admonish, that the name of the format and spec\r\nshould be Atom, that the current naming vote should be killed, and we should\r\nmove on to grander things without the auspices of \"what's it called?!\" over\r\nour heads. This has been going on far too long.
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Source:Morbus Iff: 'Atom' Should Be It's Name, and It's Name Was Atom
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I haven't been anywhere near the epicenter of Atom/Pie/Echo much,\r\nso this is mostly a 'me too' kind of posting. But, you know, as an\r\ninterested hacker waiting for dust to settle before I start paying\r\nmuch attention, the decision on a name, as superficial as it is,\r\nseems telling to me.

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On one hand, I could take it to be representative of what's going\r\non inside the project as a whole. (If they can't settle on a name,\r\nhow can they settle on what's included in the spec?) On the other hand,\r\nit could just be that naming the thing is the least interesting aspect\r\nof the project. But I consider that because I'm a nerd, I've been\r\nthere, and I want to see the project thrive. Others might not be so\r\ncharitable or patient. :)

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So just name the dang thing Atom already.

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\r\n ", "parentPath": "./content/posts/archives/2003", "path": "2003/09/25/atom-is-its-name-o", "summary": "I would like to propose, nay, admonish, that the name of the format and spec\nshould be Atom, that the current naming vote should be killed, and we should\nmove on to grander things without the auspices of \"what's it called?!\" over\nour heads. This has been going on far too long.\n\n\nSource:Morbus Iff: 'Atom' Should Be It's Name, and It's Name Was Atom\n\n\n\n\n\nI haven't been anywhere near the epicenter of Atom/Pie/Echo much,\nso this is mostly a 'me too' kind of posting. But, you know, as an\ninterested hacker waiting for dust to settle before I start paying\nmuch attention, the decision on a name, as superficial as it is,\nseems telling to me.\n\nOn one hand, I could take it to be representative of what's going\non inside the project as a whole. (If they can't settle on a name,\nhow can they settle on what's included in the spec?) On the other hand,\nit could just be that naming the thing is the least interesting aspect\nof the project. But I consider that because I'm a nerd, I've been\nthere, and I want to see the project thrive. Others might not be so\ncharitable or patient. :)\n\nSo just name the dang thing Atom already.", "needsBuild": true, "prevPostPath": "2003/09/21/rss-feedback", "prevPostTitle": "Feedback loops and syndication", "nextPostPath": "2003/09/25/dynamic-feed-scan-times", "nextPostTitle": "Dynamic feed polling times for news aggregators" }