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Thunderbird still has potential to fly despite developers leaving the nest

  • October 9, 2007
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Thunderbird is a pretty great open sourced mail client that is available on multiple platforms and for free. From the beginning its development has been mostly be shadowed by FireFox. The two core developers of Thunderbird have left Mozilla, which is a big blow to the ongoing development of Thunderbird. Will Thunderbird not longer get as many updates or new features? Will development complete stop? Only time will tell.

Thunderbird is a pretty great open sourced mail client that is available on multiple platforms and for free. From the beginning its development has been mostly be shadowed by FireFox. The two core developers of Thunderbird have left Mozilla, which is a big blow to the ongoing development of Thunderbird. Will Thunderbird not longer get as many updates or new features? Will development complete stop? Only time will tell.

Thunderbird still has potential to fly despite developers leaving the nest – Although two prominent Thunderbird developers have decided to leave Mozilla to pursue other projects, the newly formed MailCo is ramping up for a bold beginning.Read More…

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