Mozilla is Wrong. There is Still Room for Open Source Thunderbird Innovation | Linux Today

Mozilla is Wrong. There is Still Room for Open Source Thunderbird Innovation

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SMK
Sean Michael Kerner
Jul 10, 2012

While Firefox has achieved stunning success over the years and generated hundreds of millions of dollars for Mozilla – Thunderbird has not.

Thunderbird has been slower to release in my experience and the project lacks the vision and the leadership that Firefox has enjoyed for a decade. Mozilla is now (once again) pulling back from Thunderbird

SMK

Sean Michael Kerner

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