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It's long, it's rambling, it uses phrases like "laser-focussed" (twice). Fine, it's not corporatese at its absolute worst (there isn't a "synergistic" in there

It's long, it's rambling, it uses phrases like "laser-focussed" (twice). Fine, it's not corporatese at its absolute worst (there isn't a "synergistic" in there), but it's also not going to win any awards for clear communication; it could be every bit as diplomatic whilst also losing about 70% of the words. I hope this isn't the end for Thunderbird.

hyc_symas 11y ago
This is the real message, to me. Many inside of Mozilla, including an overwhelming majority of our leadership, feel the need to be laser-focused on activities like Firefox that can have an industry-wide impact. With all due respect to Thunderbird and the Thunderbird community, we have been clear for years that we do not view Thunderbird as having this sort of potential. However, as I say, it’s clear to me today that continuing to live with these competing demands given our focus on industry impact is increasingly unstable. So, their stated goal is market dominance for Firefox, period. Nothing else really matters. Clearly they are failing at this goal, so they are focusing their resources on it and discarding anything else.