"(Ironically, the RSS feeds for these forums only include partial text descriptions, which is really irritating, and considered by most to be an RSS Worst Practice. An inflamed polyp, if you will.)" -- inkBlots

This is a silly and stupid remark. RSS is an XML specification designed to solve many problems; some would find headline-only feeds both beneficial and a business requirement. Sheesh... the RSS "community" needs to get their collective heads out of their collective asses and realize that business people don't want to behave like bloggers.

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• RSS gets an Enema
  For a myriad of reasons, the specification for RSS has been either too loose or too constipated, depending on your point of view.

Charlie Wood recently observed the benefits of RSS for lightweight EAI (enterprise application integration). This is neither a new idea, nor is it one that you see often; perhaps because RSS is regarded as a specification by few and a feature by many. I blame the media for this misdirection.

"The original intent of RSS was to allow web sites to subscribe to each other's headlines. The technology's flexibility also allows enterprise applications to subscribe to each other's data. That's powerful stuff." - Charlie Wood

Indeed, very powerful. We use RSS in that capacity quite often - read more...

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• Hmmm... Future of RSS is Not Blogs
  This is probably true, but speaking of RSS as a tangible idea is a bit disorienting.

Tristana appears to be quite useful (although very basic) but is an affordable avenue to pursue if your company wants to provide a branded newsreader.