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After Diego Doval posted his review of blogging APIs some days ago, the discussion on blogging APIs gains a lot of momentum again. Now, Evan Williams wrote a highly interesting piece on what has been in blogging APIs development so far, including where, how and why Dave Winer threw in his two cents and comes to the conclusion that we need a universal blogging API not controlled by any one vendor:

"We would love if there were one universal API for blogging tools. It's clear why this would benefit everyone. [...] The only way there will be a universal blogging API is if everyone who needs to has input and sign-off on it, and it cannot be controlled by any one vendor. [...] So, we may do something different than planned. We've taken this debate seriously and would like the best outcome for everyone. That will be difficult, but probably worth it."

So what's your opinion on that?

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