Microsoft-backed Sabi debuts

Seattle PI | at | by Mike

Margaret Johnson, the chief executive of educational game startup Sabi, acknowledges that the educational software market is already stacked with titles -- but says most of them are no fun.

With Sabi, Johnson hopes to rectify that.

"This is a fun game done by professional game developers," she said, referring to "ItzaBitza, "her company's first game. "We see this as a seed." Among her backers: Microsoft

Kirkland-based Sabi is the sixth company to be launched through Microsoft's IP Ventures Program, which spins off technology developed in-house at Microsoft Research.