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So Microsoft accounced yesterday that they were buying Frontbridge. As the article notes, they are a major competitor of the company I work for. The top three in sthis sphere are probably Postini, Frontbridge, and Message Labs. Nothing like sitting in the cross hairs of the behemoth of the north.

We knew about this for about a week internally. M$ has been planning an expansion into this market for a while and were in discussion with our management but they didn't offer anything like what they think we could have got by going public.

Adding an extra level of piquant, a couple months back IBM announced they are making a strategic alliance with Message Labs