SEATTLE—Microsoft's vision for tying RSS directly into the next release of Windows drew cheers and jeers among the syndication-feed enthusiasts gathered here Friday.
It drew accolades for its potential to smooth some of the user kinks in discovering and managing feed subscriptions, while it awakened fears that the Redmond, Wash., software maker is attempting to embrace the still-emerging market for syndication feeds in order to dictate its direction.
One reaction appeared constant among attendees at Lockergnome.com's Gnomedex 5.0 conference being held through Saturday: By promising to make RSS more accessible across Windows applications, Microsoft is shifting the syndication-feed landscape away from just reading blogs and news.
"It's another step toward putting RSS in the mainstream," said Marc Strohlein, a vice president and lead analyst at Outsell Inc. "It definitely cements RSS as a content transport mechanism."
Read the rest of this eWEEK story: "Microsoft Draws Cheers, Jeers over RSS in Longhorn"
Author: Matt Hicks
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