Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
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Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
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Re: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
#2I'm not sure how this makes any sense for Microsoft. If they assigned a few engineers to work on this, they could replicate the functionality within few months, especially since they know the internals of Outlook.
Re: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
#3I'm not sure how this makes any sense for Microsoft. If they assigned a few engineers to work on this, they could replicate the functionality within few months, especially since they know the internals of Outlook.
Features aren't the only thing they're getting.
The guys at Xobni are extremely talented and Microsoft always wants talented engineers.
Re: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
#4I'm not sure how this makes any sense for Microsoft. If they assigned a few engineers to work on this, they could replicate the functionality within few months, especially since they know the internals of Outlook.
Features aren't the only thing they're getting. The guys at Xobni are extremely talented and Microsoft always wants talented engineers.
Paying millions of dollars for a few talented engineers, who will probably work half-heartedly for a few months/year, depending on the clauses in the contract, then move on to the next startup? Come on, USD is not that weak.
Re: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
#5I'm not sure how this makes any sense for Microsoft. If they assigned a few engineers to work on this, they could replicate the functionality within few months, especially since they know the internals of Outlook.
and if they did replicate it, everyone would call them assholes. maybe they're trying not to paint a bad image of themselves
Re: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
#6When did xobni get started,anyone know?
Re: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
#7I'm not sure how this makes any sense for Microsoft. If they assigned a few engineers to work on this, they could replicate the functionality within few months, especially since they know the internals of Outlook.
and if they did replicate it, everyone would call them assholes. maybe they're trying not to paint a bad image of themselves
Or phrasing it in a more positive way: by rewarding these guys they are encouraging others to do R&D for them.
It's not like a few million more or less mean much to Microsoft anyway.
Re: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
#8I'm not sure how this makes any sense for Microsoft. If they assigned a few engineers to work on this, they could replicate the functionality within few months, especially since they know the internals of Outlook.
There's a lot more to replicating something like Xobni in a megacorporation like MSFT than just the programming. In a lot of cases it's easier to get an acquisition signed off on than a new department to make a new product.
And they get more than just code, and people who write code. They get a little street cred back in the hacker community for picking up a YC startup. They get people who have vision, which MSFT appears to be in need of these days. It could be the beginning of a new era for them.
Also, Xobni has had a number of high quality engineers (probably much better than what you'd typically find slaving away in the trenches at MSFT) working on their plugin for a lot more than a few months. I'm guessing the programming cost would be a lot higher than you might think.
Re: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
#9Why does this stuff get leaked to the press? What happened to confidentiality?
Re: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Features aren't the only thing they're getting. The guys at Xobni are extremely talented and Microsoft always wants talented engineers.
Paying millions of dollars for a few talented engineers, who will probably work half-heartedly for a few months/year, depending on the clauses in the contract, then move on to the next startup? Come on, USD is not that weak.
Their value is not just in being there. What they create will likely exceed the acquisition costs.