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Resolved Thunderbird's Status at Mozilla

Discussion in 'Firefox, Thunderbird & SeaMonkey' started by virginia, 2013/10/27.

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    For the past year or so I have seen articles pointing to Thunderbird's status, or lack thereof, in the Mozilla organization and that it's support is expected to diminish. I have used Thunderbird for years and like it very well. Should I start looking for an alternative?

    If so, what's the next best alternative - I prefer non-web based programs.

    I recently posted a question at the Mozilla Thunderbird Support Forum and, after about 5 days, have not seen a reply posted. I'll post here if I don't get a response in the next couple of days.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    In theory, TBird will work for many years to come even "if" they dropped it... Microsoft quit Outlook Express many years ago and I still use it...

    The following appears to be a couple of years old:

    Thunderbird/New Release

    Mozilla is focusing a lot of its efforts towards important web and mobile projects, while Thunderbird remains a pure desktop only email client. We have come to the conclusion that continued innovation on Thunderbird is not a priority for Mozilla and that the most critical needs for the product are on-going security and stability. In fact, it is quite possible that Thunderbird is already pretty much what its users want and there is not a high demand for innovation in this field.

    However, we do recognize that there is a very large number of users (more than 20 million) who use Thunderbird and rely on it on a daily basis, sometimes for the most mission critical tasks. Furthermore, Thunderbird is one of the very few truly free and open source multi-platform email application available today and we want to defend these values.

    In order to manage these two perspectives, we are proposing to adapt the Thunderbird release and governance model in a way that allows both ongoing security and stability maintenance as well as community driven innovations for the product. We are opening this plan for discussion to individuals and organizations interested in maintaining and advancing Thunderbird in the future. We are looking for your feedback, comments and suggestions to refine and adapt the plan in the best possible way.
     
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    Thanks Steve,

    About what I expected. Looks like there is no need to rush into anything. I didn't think of the comparison to OE. I just got my wife a new computer with W7 and had to switch her over to Thunderbird. She has used OE for about 10 years and the transition from OE to Thunderbird was pretty easy for her. I was not looking forward to switching her again.

    I'll mark this one "Resolved ".
     
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    James Martin

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    Didn't Windows Live Mail take the place of Outlook Express?

    Isn't Live Mail an off-line mail program?
     
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    Yes and yes. I have tried Windows Live Mail on a couple of computers and didn't really care for it. As I recall, there was a big push to integrate WLM into all the extra, social media type stuff which I didn't care for. It's been a couple of years so I might give it another try.
     
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    retiredlearner

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    Isn't it called Outlook.com now?
    My old Hotmail is now Outlook.com Neil.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Neil - Hotmail/Outlook is a web based email... Win Live Mail is a desktop application.
     
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    And the Microsoft Office Outlook email program is completely different from Microsoft's Outlook.com email website.
     
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