features that make an reader business class = support for authenticated (pw protected) feeds, a good mobile version, local/offline caching, displaying diffs when items in feed have been changed, administrative control over dynamic OPML files, etc.
sitting duck: not using an RSS reader well leaves means it is going to take you more time to absorb less information regarding your industry. RSS automates immediate delivery of targeted information.
why petulantly insult email RSS readers? because I am a snob.
- the author.
My own suspicion: Is the slow, enterprise sales pitch cycle really compatible with the idea of nimble, pull-based information gathering?
As a point of opinion, I would posit that lack of integration into other common office applications is a barrier to entry to applications soliciting the enterprise space.
I'm one of the Google Reader crowd. I have a second client (thunderbird) that I use solely for checking internal feeds. Admittedly the Google Reader UI isn't as great as a good desktop client, but it does offer one killer feature, seamless "syncing" between all of the different machines I use on a daily basis.