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Mozilla Corp - which owns the Thunderbird project - decided to focus resources on the browser project and away from peripheral software projects like Thunderbir
by ttul 7y ago
Mozilla Corp - which owns the Thunderbird project - decided to focus resources on the browser project and away from peripheral software projects like Thunderbird that were fading in usage and couldn't reasonably be seen to make a difference out in the world. In my humble opinion, Mozilla _should_ fund an open-source front end to the various cloud email hosting services.
- Rondom 7y agoI faintly remember that usage was actually growing when Mozilla took the decision to not invest further in Thunderbird. Of course, in proportion, most people used webmail, I guess. Some (very) quick internet search reveals the blog post linked below. Cannot remember if that coincides with the time the decision was made, though... https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2015/02/thunderbird-usage-continues-to-grow/ https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2015/02/thunderbird-usa...
- ttul 7y agoPerhaps “fading is usage” is inaccurate!