Comments on: Updated – David Bienvenu leaving Mozilla. Thunderbird in trouble?

By: David Russell

David Russell — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:47:19 +0000

Damn, looks like I have to find a new mail client. Mozilla can pump as many million dollars into the Thunderbird spinoff as they like, but without its main developers the project will struggle. Does anyone know if the Windows port of Evolution is in a useable state?

By: worzie

worzie — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:48:26 +0000

When key devs leave over decisions like this, you must re-think your decisions. Of course spinning off is a mistake! Didn’t you consult with them prior paying your CEO’s? Try paying your devs more next time instead of killing a project!

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By: Al Billings

Al Billings — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:50:55 +0000

Mozilla does have its act together. What do you think the announcement of MailCo was? If certain people don’t want to participate in it (especially after calling for a new company in the first place) that’s their choice. That doesn’t change the fact that the Mozilla Foundation is putting millions of dollars into the new company and has recruited a CEO for it.

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:23:18 +0000

Personally, I don’t think spinning Thunderbird is a good idea and these resignations do nothing to dispel that impression.

Thunderbird has become really useful to me, particularly now that I can embed my Google Calendar in Thunderbird. I can access Google away from the Office, but not Outlook – but as Google is synced to my Outlook calendar I am now well organised for the first time ever.
I’ve even downloaded Sunbird to a U3 key, for the off-line ability and it is all working well.
However, the uncertainty now surrounding Thunderbird is worrying me, and I feel it is threatening the future of Thunderbird. Please, Mozilla get your act together and get Thunderbird a secure future with appropriate development opportunity, pronto.

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By: Ivan IÄin

Ivan IÄin — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:00:18 +0000

It is likely that it has something to do with recent happenings, but I am more on the fact that they were not satisfied with new CEO than that they are not satisfied with spinoff…

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:01:07 +0000

Yep. To leave without some kind of explanation is not a good sign.

By: David Naylor

David Naylor — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:54:14 +0000

This is very sad news. Both leaving messages are so short that something has to be wrong. If nothing were wrong they would surely have said so and explained a bit more.