The standardization of Markdown and the notion of changing the name reminds me of RSS and Atom from over a decade ago.
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.@m_strehl My conclusion is the opposite, though. In retrospect, I think we should have given RSS the WHATWG treatment.
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@hsivonen @m_strehl What's the difference?
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@stilkov @hsivonen @m_strehl Name and assumption, rather than pretending to make a new tech that looks identical to assuage egos.
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Replying to @tabatkins
@tabatkins @hsivonen @m_strehl No, I meant what's the difference between the Atom and WHATWG style

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.@stilkov Atom failed to explain how to consume and produce RSS. @WHATWG explained how to consume and produce HTML.
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@stilkov @hsivonen @m_strehl That's what I said. Atom should have declared RSS in technical bankruptcy, called itself RSS.