VentureBeat: Email company Xobni launches, may steal Techcrunch prize

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14 pointspaul3 comments

Cool product - still not sure if positioning itself as an Outlook plugin may limit it's appeal. They do mention future support for other platforms but given that Xobni is developed in .NET this might be difficult - and how do you integrate this into web based clients?

Yes, I know that Outlook is the most widely used email client but I'm always wary about startups that aren't universally accessible.

My guess is that they want to get acquired by msft or any huge company that uses outlook and would have a use for inbox analytics (theres probably 1000's).

In other words, I don't think they care about gentoo geeks and gmail users.

Congratulations Xobni team!

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