Options for accessing \ reporting for SharePoint Lists

My research revealed that there is no built in feature to do it, so you have to implement your own technique. I have got into the following options, with my recommendation for the first one:

1) SSIS

http://sqlsrvintegrationsrv.codeplex.com/releases/view/17652

2) Using the supported .NET API's for SharePoint.

http://splistwithsqlclr.codeplex.com/

3) Linked server:

http://easepoint.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-to-pull-sharepoint-list-data-from.html

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jhermiz/archive/2007/08/15/60288.aspx