iTWire: Qualcomm to Set Eudora Free, on Thunderbird

"Qualcomm--a company best known for its role in cellular technology but which is also the owner of the popular Eudora email client--is to cease production of the commercial version of the product and, in conjunction with the Mozilla Foundation make all future versions of Eudora open source and free and based on the same technology platform as the open source Mozilla Thunderbird email program.

"The announcement coincides with release of new, and final, commercial versions of the current Eudora products for Windows (Eudora 7.1) and Mac (Eudora 6.2.4) operating systems..."

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