Microsoft buys Groove

Well, what interesting news. The man who 'invented' Lotus Notes which was purchased by IBM then went out on his own and reinvented a new collaborative tool within a new company called Groove. Microsoft invested heavily in this company and sure enough it made sure that the new product was highly integrated with Microsoft's software and office tools. Now Bill Gates has not only bought the company - and hence its products but it has also bought the founder who will now become a CFO for Microsoft.

So the battle is on again - Lotus Notes will be in a struggle with guess what a very similar product created by the same person only re-badged and working directly with MS products and having the capacity to integrate with Lotus products in much the same way that the current Lotus products have the ability to integrate with MS products.

I think that getting paid twice for the same set of ideas is a hoot.

Good luck to Ozzie and his crew of developers - I hope that they milk the Microsoft milch cow dry - or perhaps more to the point in this specific case - C'mon Ozzie c'mon!