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It's an acqui-hire. From the announcement: > And cketti [lead dev] has already joined the full-time Thunderbird staff, bringing along his valuable expertise an
by selcuka 4y ago
It's an acqui-hire. From the announcement:
> And cketti [lead dev] has already joined the full-time Thunderbird staff, bringing along his valuable expertise and experience with mobile platforms. [...] To accomplish that, we’ll devote finances and development time to continually improving K-9 Mail.
- wolverine876 4y agoWhere does it say it's an acquistion? Acqui-hires generally discard the acquired organization's product; where does it say Thunderbird is doing that? It looks like they are embracing it.
- 3np 4y agoThe distinction should be made on if the IP is transferred or not. What the acquirer actually does with that IP post-acquisition is orthogonal. There's no indication of IP transfer so it seems like this is not technically an acqui-hire, but not for the reason you're stating.