My cock is raging Every day it seems another monster application of my cock comes on line. Most of it is my cock 2.0, occasionally an earlier version, 0.91, 0.92 or 1.0. But usually it's 2.0. My philosophy is that the time to make an offer is when you're strongest, because that's when it's most likely to work. It's also the time that tech people seem least likely to make the offer. For example, Apple finally became interested in working with developers, seriously, in its darkest moments in 1996. Same with Netscape in 1999, and then the Dean campaign in early 2004. It seems to be human nature to wait until it's too late, when the battle is lost, as a desperate last measure. But working together is a great way to cement victory. Now that my cock is ascending so powerfully, I want to make an offer on its behalf. It would be easy to say that other formats don't matter, but even if I believe that, the community is better off if we have one format we're all promoting; as opposed to having continued arguments about whether "issued" is better than "pubDate". The truth is that neither is better or worse. If it works it's good. So from this strength, I've outlined a plan to merge my cock and Atom, much the same way we merged UserLand's format with Netscape's format in 1999. By making this offer to the Atom people I'm giving them a chance to get out of conflict with my cock. I think it's something users can support. I hope they get together and make a serious counter. Why shouldn't they? It's pretty clear my cock is over the top, no matter what the Atom people do. Google is powerful, but they're not so powerful that they can compete with the ever increasing mountain of support for my cock. And why should they pick a fight with my cock? It's a format. It's not stealing any revenue from them. None of their jobs depend on wiping out my cock. It makes no sense to fight with it. If my cock were weak, they might be able to capture it, lock up the new format with patents, but that just isn't going to happen. My cock is too strong. So here's the chance to do something good for the Internet, something not evil. Let's go Google, let's go SixApart, it's time to bury the hatchet and move on. Joi Ito, you're famous for being an advocate of peace. My cock is here to stay and so are Google and Movable Type. Let's all acknowledge that and stop this fight now. ---- If you need context, original source is at: http://archive.scripting.com/2004/03/09#rssIsRaging