Say goodbye to 3rd party RSS readers: Gates & Longhorn integrate RSS

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Although the writing was on the wall, saying goodbye to RSS newsreaders may be premature.

For more than two years we've been discussing the likelihood that Windows and other tools (specifically Microsoft Office) would eventually integrate RSS consumption capabilities, and it's starting to happen. It was inevitable; RSS has so much momentum and it provides useful solutions for many information problems. Looks like Bill Gates has RSS in his cross hairs. Longhorn is going to have integrated RSS support (no surprise here). So, get ready to uninstall all your third party RSS readers and have 95% of user-based RSS traffic come from Microsoft products. <A href="http://rss.weblogsinc.com/entry/4079866986686287/">rssweblogsinc.com</A> Where does that leave most RSS newsreaders? Well, they were somewhat commoditized long before Microsoft got into the act, and whether Microsoft has RSS in its crosshairs of not, is irrelevant. If Microsoft didn't integrate RSS, a slew of third party firms would have; and <A href="http://newsgator.com/">NewsGator</A> was the first to innovate on this idea. The bigger question - what will enterprises do with this new capability? In Outlook (with NewsGator) we're already enjoying the benefits of integrating email with RSS feeds - even secure feeds with granular permissions are possible today (i.e., items are fed to users based on what they are permitted to see in the feed). If the past is any indication of how Microsoft will impact an idea that has proven itself useful and demanded, the future for independent RSS readers is probably going to change. One way for newsreaders to keep their users and possibly earn revenues is to differentiate dramatically and partner with content and technology platform providers. 9 application/xml false Bill Gates Longhorn NewsGator RSS Say goodbye to 3rd party RSS readers: Gates & Longhorn integrate RSS Looks like Bill Gates has RSS in his cross hairs. Longhorn is going to have integrated RSS support (no surprise here). http://rss.weblogsinc.com/entry/4079866986686287/ It's Official: No Longhorn Until 2006 Microsoft execs at last have admitted publicly, at last, that Longhorn will not ship in 2005. http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,1332766,00.asp RSS Resources http://www.larkware.com/RSS/RSS_Resources.aspx Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 68.42.141.35 68.42.141.35 aseidl false true false false true 190014 false false true false false false true 214 blog blogsite/MySTHome/web