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Here’s the link for anyone wanting to join the waitlist for Thundermail (the service): https://www.thundermail.com/ https://www.thundermail.com/ I really hope

Here’s the link for anyone wanting to join the waitlist for Thundermail (the service): https://www.thundermail.com/ https://www.thundermail.com/ I really hope this takes off well and provides some funding for the Thunderbird project too. Currently the only way to monetarily support Thunderbird is through donations (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate/ ).

jannes 1y ago
> [...] support Thunderbird is through donations I doubt donations to MZLA Technologies Corporation will reach the Thunderbird project in any meaningful way. They'll just use it to pay their executive salaries.
- josteink 1y ago
  Or support radical activist groups unrelated to software or technology. Absolutely bonkers.
  - paulryanrogers 1y ago
    Like?
    - josteink 1y ago
      Source: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-invest... I know people here don’t like Bryan Lunduke, but besides the opinions added, this is factual, sourced reporting.
      - omnimus 1y ago
        That kinda proves they would spend it on executive salaries. As the spend on "radical groups" in the article is almost nothing compared to salaries of their management.
        josteink 1y ago
        This article is from 2023. Recent years they’ve gone into decolonisation, Marxism, anti-capitalism and afro-centrism as well, just to mention a few. No doubt though that the increase in executive salaries has been way beyond criticism as well. Their finances seems a total mess and completely hijacked.
      - wsmwk 1y ago
        Perhaps factual - I can't say. But it's a different company. EOM.
- wsmwk 1y ago
  > I doubt donations to MZLA Technologies Corporation will reach the Thunderbird project in any meaningful way. You are basing this statement on what data? https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate is managed by MZLA, it has one open source product, Thunderbird. We pay a required Thunderbird trademark fee to the Mozilla Foundation and little more than that, which is captured in https://stats.thunderbird.net/#financials https://stats.thunderbird.net/#financials.

jannes 1y ago

> [...] support Thunderbird is through donations I doubt donations to MZLA Technologies Corporation will reach the Thunderbird project in any meaningful way. They'll just use it to pay their executive salaries.

josteink 1y ago
Or support radical activist groups unrelated to software or technology. Absolutely bonkers.
- paulryanrogers 1y ago
  Like?
  - josteink 1y ago
    Source: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-invest... I know people here don’t like Bryan Lunduke, but besides the opinions added, this is factual, sourced reporting.
    - omnimus 1y ago
      That kinda proves they would spend it on executive salaries. As the spend on "radical groups" in the article is almost nothing compared to salaries of their management.
      - josteink 1y ago
        This article is from 2023. Recent years they’ve gone into decolonisation, Marxism, anti-capitalism and afro-centrism as well, just to mention a few. No doubt though that the increase in executive salaries has been way beyond criticism as well. Their finances seems a total mess and completely hijacked.
    - wsmwk 1y ago
      Perhaps factual - I can't say. But it's a different company. EOM.
wsmwk 1y ago
> I doubt donations to MZLA Technologies Corporation will reach the Thunderbird project in any meaningful way. You are basing this statement on what data? https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate is managed by MZLA, it has one open source product, Thunderbird. We pay a required Thunderbird trademark fee to the Mozilla Foundation and little more than that, which is captured in https://stats.thunderbird.net/#financials https://stats.thunderbird.net/#financials.