Comments on: Dave Winer: Creator of Worlds! http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/dave-winer-creator-of-worlds Keeping an eye on Dave Winer Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:05:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Yet another Dave target http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/dave-winer-creator-of-worlds#comment-858 Yet another Dave target Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:17:44 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/dave-winer-creator-of-worlds#comment-858 <p>I just can't believe the hype surrounding this simply dire piece of software.</p> <p>Imagine if as part of a CS course you were given the brief: "Write a photo downloader that could accept RSS feeds for the Macintosh",</p> <p>and a student decided to use Dave's OPML editor as a basis, not create a Universal binary, deliver the client as an ugly web server, allow it to saturate your broadband connection with default downloading from AP, link your details back to Dave without being informed, and generally f**k up your Macs free resources...</p> <p>If it was handed in as a 1st year CS project, it would fail. Nevermind get a review at Wired :) It's amazing how fear of a Dave attack focuses these bloggers!</p> I just can’t believe the hype surrounding this simply dire piece of software.

Imagine if as part of a CS course you were given the brief: “Write a photo downloader that could accept RSS feeds for the Macintosh”,

and a student decided to use Dave’s OPML editor as a basis, not create a Universal binary, deliver the client as an ugly web server, allow it to saturate your broadband connection with default downloading from AP, link your details back to Dave without being informed, and generally f**k up your Macs free resources…

If it was handed in as a 1st year CS project, it would fail. Nevermind get a review at Wired :) It’s amazing how fear of a Dave attack focuses these bloggers!

]]> By: EyeOnWiner http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/dave-winer-creator-of-worlds#comment-851 EyeOnWiner Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:45:52 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/dave-winer-creator-of-worlds#comment-851 <p>Heh. Read every single word, actually, including the randomly capitalized last 1/3 of it.</p> <p>I've always wondered what the legal significance of "all caps" is.</p> Heh. Read every single word, actually, including the randomly capitalized last 1/3 of it.

I’ve always wondered what the legal significance of “all caps” is.

]]> By: McD http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/dave-winer-creator-of-worlds#comment-848 McD Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:39:05 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/dave-winer-creator-of-worlds#comment-848 <p>Seriously, did you read the EULA? He can do anything he wants if you agree to the language.</p> <p>It's old school but still free. A one man show.</p> Seriously, did you read the EULA? He can do anything he wants if you agree to the language.

It’s old school but still free. A one man show.

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