That a VC firm created to focus solely on RSS-based applications has closed doesn't mean that RSS is dead, it means that a venture built on pure hype (not RSS i

That a VC firm created to focus solely on RSS-based applications has closed doesn't mean that RSS is dead, it means that a venture built on pure hype (not RSS itself, but the idea it can be immediately translated to cash) is dead. Opening with 'Three months ago, Steve Gillmor wrote that “it’s time to get completely off RSS and switch to Twitter.”' (in about the same way cars replace wheels, I suppose), the article demonstrates how some people have learned nothing at all. The little RSS icon appears next to almost every URL you browse to (with notable exception of HN..). It's become a basic, discoverable, read-only XML API for most online content. That a couple of VCs didn't manage to make money off some technology they read about in Wired doesn't mean it's useless.