YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40

Re:YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40 by Readmore on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @01:17PM (#56378)

That is a really awesome looking product. I wonder why they built it as an Outlook extension though. With everyone's focus on web applications I'm interested to hear why they felt an outlook add-in was the way to go.

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Re:YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40 by rms on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @01:39PM (#56392)

Their investors use Outlook... Xobni is solidly targeted at the enterprise.

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Re:YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40 by paul on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @05:58PM (#56534)

Not all of their investors use Outlook :)

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Re:YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40 by rms on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @06:04PM (#56537)

Alright then! Think it'll be a while until we get a Gmail version?

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Re:YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40 by ereldon on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @07:44PM (#56568)

I believe they're headed in that direction -- the sooner, the better!

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Re:YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40 by hello_moto on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @11:43PM (#56684)

Hook up your GMail to Outlook :)

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Re:YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40 by gduffy on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @01:33PM (#56387)

Outlook has a lot of unhappy users!

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Re:YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40 by jamiequint on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @06:02PM (#56536)

People already use Outlook, its an easy (read, frictionless) way of aquiring users. Since there is no ability to create a Gmail plugin any other web based solution would have required a behavior shift from what people are currently doing online. Outlook is definitely the prime target for reaching the enterprise market.

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