Bill Kearney of Syndic8 notes that "RSS-2.0 is not an upgrade".

I'm beginning to wonder what the collective age of the participants in this entirely silly discussion is. No scratch that - I've seen five year olds have more responsible discussions than this.

As Joi mentioned yesterday, "Blogging standards are not nearly as important as AIDS, global warming, peace in the Middle East and poverty. " Pick up your heads folks, not nearly as many people care about the RSS question as you might think.

Look at us for instance. We support it because our customers want it. If and when they ask for different or more support for different or new things and they are willing to back that request up with a little bit of cash (or some other value exchange), then we'll probably support that too. Discourse like this doesn't influence that decision, it just makes us all think a little bit less about you.

A wise, wise man once told me "Never, EVER get into a mud fight with someone. A lot of shit gets thrown around and at the end of the day, the only thing that's guaranteed is that all of the participants end up with less land."

Don't sweat this - it really isnt' worth it. The blogosphere needs more land, not less.