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title: Lookout
date: "2004-07-20T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 829
description: I noted how Microsoft acquired the Lookout email search tool and immediately halted public downloads, contrasting this with Google's decision to release Picasa for free following their own acquisition.
keywords: [microsoft, lookout, google, picasa, email search, outlook, acquisitions]
---

Microsoft bought [Lookout](http://www.lookout.com/). Lookout searches for e-mail in Outlook across .pst files. As soon as they did, Microsoft closed downloads of Lookout. In contrast, when Google bought Picasa, they opened it up for free.