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We can expect something similar to what happened to Acompli: rebranding first, quick release then a probable tighter integration with MS products. It's incredi

We can expect something similar to what happened to Acompli: rebranding first, quick release then a probable tighter integration with MS products. It's incredible though that a calendar app is worth >$100M.

bigdubs 12y ago
It's not the app itself as much as the users of said app.
- ryanburk 12y ago
  I would say it is probably both. calendaring tech is actually much harder than most people believe. both for usable design and efficient implementation. I say that having worked on the outlook.com/hotmail team a few years ago. and interestingly this is the second calendaring acquisition microsoft has done, having bought jump.com back in 1999.
- codycowan 12y ago
  users, plus relationships with the various services they had integrated into the app (eventbrite, foursquare, evernote, song kick, asana, todoist.....). 100 million is a lot, but sunrise was a well thought out, well executed product
mvid 12y ago
A calendar skin.
threeseed 12y ago
It is a lot of money. But then again given this will likely be central to the Exchange/Outlook products it is a bargain. Microsoft desperately needs to hold onto the enterprise given that they are getting beaten a bit in the consumer space.
- bsder 12y ago
  They're also getting beaten in the enterprise space. Most non-tech workers want everything through their phone. Microsoft had almost no presence there until the last year. To be fair, the bigger obstacle, to me, is I don't want Google or Microsoft to have access to my data--ever. Especially since they are almost always going to be one of the buyers of a tech company I'm involved with, I don't want them being able to see exactly what I do, how I do it, and what my marketing and sales are.
  - rednukleus 12y ago
    > They're also getting beaten in the enterprise space. Most non-tech workers want everything through their phone. No they don't. Most enterprise workers spend all day in front of a desktop Windows PC.
higherpurpose 12y ago
Hopefully without all the security blunders of that: https://blog.winkelmeyer.com/2015/01/warning-microsofts-outlook-app-for-ios-breaks-your-company-security/ https://blog.winkelmeyer.com/2015/01/warning-microsofts-outl...

bigdubs 12y ago

It's not the app itself as much as the users of said app.

ryanburk 12y ago
I would say it is probably both. calendaring tech is actually much harder than most people believe. both for usable design and efficient implementation. I say that having worked on the outlook.com/hotmail team a few years ago. and interestingly this is the second calendaring acquisition microsoft has done, having bought jump.com back in 1999.
codycowan 12y ago
users, plus relationships with the various services they had integrated into the app (eventbrite, foursquare, evernote, song kick, asana, todoist.....). 100 million is a lot, but sunrise was a well thought out, well executed product

mvid 12y ago

A calendar skin.

threeseed 12y ago

It is a lot of money. But then again given this will likely be central to the Exchange/Outlook products it is a bargain. Microsoft desperately needs to hold onto the enterprise given that they are getting beaten a bit in the consumer space.

bsder 12y ago
They're also getting beaten in the enterprise space. Most non-tech workers want everything through their phone. Microsoft had almost no presence there until the last year. To be fair, the bigger obstacle, to me, is I don't want Google or Microsoft to have access to my data--ever. Especially since they are almost always going to be one of the buyers of a tech company I'm involved with, I don't want them being able to see exactly what I do, how I do it, and what my marketing and sales are.
- rednukleus 12y ago
  > They're also getting beaten in the enterprise space. Most non-tech workers want everything through their phone. No they don't. Most enterprise workers spend all day in front of a desktop Windows PC.

higherpurpose 12y ago

Hopefully without all the security blunders of that: https://blog.winkelmeyer.com/2015/01/warning-microsofts-outlook-app-for-ios-breaks-your-company-security/ https://blog.winkelmeyer.com/2015/01/warning-microsofts-outl...