RSS? RSSE? SSE? Yes, Microsoft.

Via Knowledge-at-work I found some interesting stuff on the possible future of RSS on Techcrunch (subtitled "Tracking Web 2.0") .

Microsoft is currently after introducing new standards for RSS, featuring interaction both ways, realtime collaboration and generally commercially more exploitable applications.

I thought of it as quite a leap in terms of information gathering when I first saw FeedDemon and I am looking forward to the next leap, even if it at the courtesy of Microsoft.

BTW Microsoft is doing this under Creative Commons license... I do not understand the full implications of the applicable laws but that certainly looks like a change in attitude or maybe desperation. (see Futurometer Google vs. Microsoft):

It comes as no big surprise that the wordcount of these two companies are so correlated, as they appear in nearly all articles together. Google, the Microsoftkiller or Microsoft taking Google out of business as it did with Netscape et al. Yes, exciting times ahead!