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Re:Ask YC: Why hasn't Microsoft acquired Xobni already? by ALee on Tuesday February 19, 2008 @12:27AM (#118709)
Well (A) is more likely because Xobni is part of the microsoft accelerator program already which I'm sure turns off google and AOL.

They're well-funded, so the asking price must be high.

Re:Ask YC: Why hasn't Microsoft acquired Xobni already? by mercurio on Tuesday February 19, 2008 @12:38AM (#118712)
They are well-funded, but they cannot achieve much without Microsoft (because Microsoft controls access to Outlook). So Microsoft has huge leverage in this situation. This makes me believe that Microsoft is in charge of the timetable (whatever it maybe). And yes being part of the Microsoft accelerator would I guess raise suspicions in the valley.