Xobni has been an excellent utility, and these patents could both enhance that strategy, or allow them to bridge into a medium strategy. As a utility, Xobni wo

Xobni has been an excellent utility, and these patents could both enhance that strategy, or allow them to bridge into a medium strategy. As a utility, Xobni works for any user, and with all of their stored e-mails, regardless of whether any of their contacts also use it. They could use FireDrop’s tech to add better visualizations for information contained within the e-mail, which has been their core focus so far. If they instead start offering functionality that only works between contacts who both have Xobni, then we’re seeing a big shift in their business strategy; it suddenly provides an incentive (other than, “hey, this is awesome”) for users to encourage their coworkers and friends to add Xobni. The best thing they could do to enhance that strategy is streamline the installation process even further. That strategy may also provide hope for Xobni compatibility for Thunderbird, as their business goal becomes adoption, rather than having strategic value for a specific platform.