Hardly. We're making Outlook "cool again" and they're helping us do our jobs by giving us the support and software we need to do so. It's a complete win-win.

Microsoft will do what is best for Microsoft. They always have done what is best for them and they continue to do so. Microsoft takes the best add-ons and features from competitors and adds them to there own software. That is not a bad thing, Apple does it too. It just means that as they do, you have to figure a way to improve upon there new offering.

Agreed. However, Outlook is released so infrequently (~3-4 years) that by the time they could replicate and release the same features that Xobni is offering now, we'll be way ahead of them.

"Microsoft will do what is best for Microsoft"

and how is that any different than 90% of other companies?

Microsoft is different because they play both sides. Just as long as no one is lulled into a false sense of security, that was the meaning of my post.