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Amid all the hoopla for RSS as a delivery system, here is a negative view which suggests it will not be all that useful to most people, who are not inclined to raise their technological heads above the trough of e-mail. I have been somewhat skeptical of those RSS proponents who regard it as replacing e-mail; the fact that current RSS installation require more of a software updating on the desktop than I care to contemplate at this moment suggests that even people who are technologically aware and conscious of the technology's benefits may not jump on this bandwagon with NICs unholstered.
RSS is, nevertheless, a new form of InterNet communications which enables information gathering in different ways, shifting the activity burden from accessing to using. The consequences of this ought to be major, if the technology really can deliver on its promises; if not, then never mind!
Posted by jho at November 12, 2003 09:21 AM