Michael Koby - Latest Comments in Down on Dave Winer

Re: Down on Dave Winer

mkoby — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:14:34 -0000

he might be a pompous a**. But so can Arrington at times (ever followed him on Twitter?). My point is, Winer isn't the only one. If we're going to spend so much time on him because of his pompous-ness why not everyone else on the internet?

Also, please show me where his claim to RSS fame is "hotly contested", Tim O'Reilly is usually pretty sound so I tend to consider him to have some authority.

I'm not saying he's not a pompous a**, I just wonder why anyone really cares that he is and why a big deal needs to be made of it.

Re: Down on Dave Winer

abacab — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:23:10 -0000

The critical part you're missing is that, regardless of what Hodson called him, the fact remains that Winer -is- a pompous ass. Of gargantuan proportion.

It didn't magically take WinExtra to pronounce it. It's a long-LONG-running fact. You really should look around. His claim to RSS fame is also hotly contested, btw. He's basically a once-got-lucky Nobody who thinks everything ever put online is his creation in some form or another. Don't buy into his hot air and hype.