There are already protocols better designed for that sort of thing (think SNMP or Syslog). RSS is really just an XML schema optimized content syndication - it

There are already protocols better designed for that sort of thing (think SNMP or Syslog). RSS is really just an XML schema optimized content syndication - it just isn't the right tool for the job. Not too mention that you probably don't want your one central server polling 50,000 desktops for updated RSS feeds every hour.