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Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

manickernel — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:23:52 GMT

Karim wrote:

I can't remember what I was on when the picture was taken

Ahhh, you took the red pill.

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

lars — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:54:11 GMT

*LOL*

I'm not telling what I was on when my picture was taken. ;-)

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

SiR_CharLZ — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:36:15 GMT

Karim wrote:

I can't remember what I was on when the picture was taken, but, based on the grin, I think it was crystal meth and chewable vitamin C. What kind of drug is "Mount Everest?" And does it get you as high as its namesake?

Were you in "the Matrix" in your picture? (Vance a.k.a. "the White Morpheus")

Now THAT is some funny sh*t. lol

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

Karim — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:22:10 GMT

You're welcome. I assume you are referring to the MSN Sandbox? Personally I am looking forward to the MSN Litterbox (litterbox.msn.com) where one may play with ~~excreted~~ discarded technologies (e.g. Microsoft Bob, Microsoft Agent, Comic Chat, etc.)

I can't remember what I was on when the picture was taken, but, based on the grin, I think it was crystal meth and chewable vitamin C. What kind of drug is "Mount Everest?" And does it get you as high as its namesake?

Were you in "the Matrix" in your picture? (Vance a.k.a. "the White Morpheus")

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

manickernel — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:25:12 GMT

Thanks Karim,

I didn't even know that site existed.

P.S.- Are you on Mount Everest in the picture??

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

Karim — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:07:20 GMT

That was nice of Microsoft!!! Just goes to show you that Google isn't the only company that can buy a cool app and then give it away for free. LOL

FYI, Lookout download is also available in the MSN Sandbox:

http://sandbox.msn.com/

And also available on lookoutsoft.com:

http://www.lookoutsoft.com/Lookout/download.html

Three cheers for free software :-) Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

jonathanh — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 05:35:23 GMT

There's now a direct link to download LookOut 1.2 from Microsoft.

And that is possibly the first Microsoft product description I've seen that includes the word "soul"... :-)

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

mbelshe — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 06:17:45 GMT

Hehehe - I'm so flattered - that auto-update mechanism is one that I wrote for Lookout. Its not MS Update at all... But its cool that you thought it was :-)

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

phunky_avocado — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 01:27:06 GMT

I thought it is what a user does when he uses Outlook.

Shining Arcanine wrote:
Exactly what is Lookout?

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

Shining Arcanine — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 22:37:48 GMT

Exactly what is Lookout?

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

bishfish — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 02:12:54 GMT

Ok, so I am reading this thread not 5 minutes ago, and up pops the new MS Update system and offers to update MS Lookout to version 1.2, so I did and it works!?

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

lars — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 21:01:22 GMT

Karim wrote:

Something similar happened when Microsoft bought Visio.

I'm amazed how Microsoft managed to bloat Visio. The first Microsoft version was painfully slow compared to the last Visio.

Karim wrote:

Not sure why it would be under MSN, except to say that an MS employee was recently arrested for allegedly stealing search engine source code from his former employer, AltaVista. :-) Maybe they need to re-write some stuff. tee hee hee

Earlier threads about this:

Suspect in AltaVista hacking case works at Microsoft
Microsoft New Search Engine Preview - Your Opinions

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

sbc — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:47:42 GMT

Shining Arcanine wrote:
Microsoft can't develop two products at the same time when both products require the same development resources. What did you expect them to do?

I never would expect them to develop for competing platforms - but takeovers are not good for all customers, and may even result in job losses.

I haven't even used Lookout, so I don't know what it is like. Hopefully it is a good investment (as at the moment Google is search king).

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

Karim — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:37:27 GMT

Happens all the time.

Oddpost (email provider) was just bought by Yahoo! The second the ink was dry on the signatures sealing the deal, Oddpost stopped accepting new accounts.

http://www.oddpost.com/learnmore

Something similar happened when Microsoft bought Visio.

Similarly, www.picasa.com now redirects you to www.picasa.com/google ever since Google bought it :-)

MS probably recognized they were going to need some kind of improved search capability in Outlook (à la X1) before Longhorn :-)

Not sure why it would be under MSN, except to say that an MS employee was recently arrested for allegedly stealing search engine source code from his former employer, AltaVista. :-) Maybe they need to re-write some stuff. tee hee hee

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

Blkbam — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:59:42 GMT

So they bought a company and stopped selling their products. It's their's now and they can do with it what they want. If you have LookOut already then count yourself luck and enjoy the product. You'll reap the benefits of the merge in some other way in one of their products.

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

Shining Arcanine — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:31:35 GMT

Microsoft can't develop two products at the same time when both products require the same development resources. What did you expect them to do?

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

mhawley — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:49:16 GMT

They plan to integrate Lookout's technology into MSN Search. I just hope that they also extend it into Outlook search, but who knows. I too hate that they took the download off...stupid if you ask me.

Re: Microsoft buys Lookout Software... then kills off Lookout

sbc — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:22:13 GMT

They did that with GeCad as well. That company sold a Linux antivirus product and once taken over they stopped selling it. I'm sure it happens with other companies they have bought - products that work on competing platforms are no longer developed.