"... The deal would have been a natural for Microsoft, which was offering to buy the two-year old startup for somewhere in the $20-million range ... Xobni offer

"... The deal would have been a natural for Microsoft, which was offering to buy the two-year old startup for somewhere in the $20-million range ... Xobni offers a plug-in for Outlook that makes it smarter and easier to use ..." The product is a strategic choice. A choke point for desktop users to the Internet. Microsoft desktop users. The low offer could reflect the lack of competition. So the question can Xobni adapt to what people want and bring in a competitor? Then I read this article ~ http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/28/xobnis-secret-project-merge-outlook-with-yahoo-mail/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/28/xobnis-secret-project-m...