I'm guessing a lot of people posting in this thread use the same computer all day long? I have a laptop that runs Ubuntu, a desktop that runs Windows 7, a work machine that I'm not allowed to install software on, and an iPad that I check headlines from that sits on my nightstand. I don't want four independently running apps that don't talk and can't sync what I read on one other other machines.
Anyone who says "what's the big deal about RSS" doesn't follow 200+ sites like I do. Who has time to click on 200 sites a day? I click on one in Google Reader and it's "[scroll wheel] [click] [scroll wheel] [scroll wheel] [scroll wheel] [click] [scroll wheel] [scroll wheel] [scroll wheel] [Mark all as read]". Wash, rinse, consume, repeat.
Most of the "host-it-yourself" solutions seem to be tailored to Linux boxes, so finding one that works out of the box with IIS is proving to be challenging. I hate to throw one more thing on to the "host it myself" pile, but I hate the idea of someone pulling the rug out from under my feet yet again even more.
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