Dave Winer posted today,
Dave Burke: Cory Doctorow goes off the rails. "Scoble tries to make a point, and Cory's response is to interrupt him with an eloquent, 'tough shit.'"
Gosh, it sure was great to get a mention on Dave's weblog, but it wasn't me who said that. It was a post by Christopher Baus. I merely left a comment on the page, but agreeing with Christopher pretty much point-by-point. Here's the podcast link. Well worth the listen. I did think Cory was being antagonistic from the start and that Robert was being generous and courteous throughout. I also mentioned that Cory did make a good case for the user having the best experience, and if Google Toolbar and autolinks accomplishes that, then so be it. As a sidenote I mentioned in my comments and want to do so here, Cory's talk at Web 2.0 on the current work of EFF was excellent. Cory is doing some very important work with the EFF which has a huge impact on us all. Everyone should give that podcast a listen.
I only hope Dave Winer doesn't want to correct the error and point to my blog. http://www.baus.net is getting SLAMMED. Forget about viewing Christopher's original post for a while. If you want to read it while his site recovers, email me and I'll forward my feed copy of it to you.