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Terminological Pedantry
Authored by: ahruman on Oct 28, '04 06:37:06PM

Excuse me, an RSS reader is not a newsreader. A newsreader is a client for the Usenet (nntp, or news:) protocol, such as MT-NewsWatcher.



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re: Terminological Pedantry
Authored by: rcameron2003 on Oct 31, '04 01:18:28AM

Brief observation: RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. What is syndicated (text) but...news? Sure, articles, other stuff that doesn't constitute a press release, but if I don't know it, it's news to me. :-) I'm ok with calling an RSS Reader a News Reader unless further specificity is required for clarity.



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