I remember reading this in FeedReader at work and at first I was in denial but after reading the post more calmly, I realized it was true! Brent Simmons, the author of the very popular Mac RSS reader NetNewsWire announced on his blog that all NetNewsWire, FeedDemon, Newsgator Inbox and NewsGator Go! are now free. That’s right, free. For those aware of the popularity of NetNewsWire in the Mac software community, it’s rather shocking that one of the most successful indie Mac applications is going this route.

The announcement makes me glad that I didn’t purchase NetNewsWire even though its synchronization feature made me think twice about using NewsFire (which I did purchase).

Check out the official Newsgator Inc. press release here.

By the way, in case you’re wondering, I find NetNewsWire to be way more pleasurable to use than FeedDemon. Macs rock.