RSS/Atom are second to e-mail in being called obsolete every other day with a million contender technologies (Flipboard, Google Currents, whatever else came out

RSS/Atom are second to e-mail in being called obsolete every other day with a million contender technologies (Flipboard, Google Currents, whatever else came out this morning...) yet still surviving and indeed being as relevant as what you're gonna have for the dinner today. So logical it's natural.