Actually, I think Qualcom's handing the code over to Mozilla, so I'd expect the merge to go the other way. I haven't messed around much with Thunderbird, but maybe one day I'll get bored enough to do so. Lines 4, 5, And 52.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Samuel Proulx Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 8:12 AM To: talk2 Subject: Re: The Talk2 List Eudora to go open source I'm already using thunderbird, and all I can say is that those eudora bastards better keep there nasty hands off my email client. 1994 called! They want their email client back! Stephen Clower wrote: > > Anyone who doesn't want to pay for The Bat! Or stick with Microsoft > Outlook may find the following of interest, especially existing Eudora > users. > > October 11, 2006, 2:57 PM > > Qualcomm on Wednesday joined up with the Mozilla Foundation to > announce it is transitioning > > Eudora > > into an open source e-mail client that will be based upon > > Thunderbird > > . In turn, all future versions of Eudora will be free and Qualcomm > will discontinue > > the current paid client. > > Although it may seem like Eudora is simply abandoning its e-mail > software, which > > has a small but strong following of loyal users, the company claims > the Thunderbird-based > > client will retain "Eudora's uniquely rich feature set and > productivity enhancements." > > The first release of the open source client is expected in early 2007, > at which > > point Eudora will cease selling the product commercially. In the > meantime, Eudora > > will be priced at $19.95 USD and come with three incidents of support > in a six month > > period. Until today, Qualcomm sold Eudora versions for a suggested > retail price of > > as high as $49.95 USD. > > Current Eudora users can choose to keep running the ad-supported > version indefinitely > > after upgrading to version 7.1 for Windows and 6.2.4 for Mac OS X, > released last > > week but announced only today. Qualcomm says it will stop displaying > advertisements > > in the client sometime early next year. > > "Qualcomm has decided not to remain in the email market because it is > not in alignment > > with the core business or strategic goals," the company said. "By > moving Eudora to > > an open source product, Qualcomm can exit the Eudora business while > still supporting > > Eudora users and advancing the Eudora e-mail client at a faster pace > than before, > > through the power of the open source development community." > > "We're pleased to welcome Eudora and its millions of users to the > world of open source," > > said Frank Hecker, executive director of the Mozilla Foundation. "This > effort should > > further enrich the Thunderbird technology platform and provide users > of both products > > with an even richer email experience." > > In recent months, reviewers continued to give Eudora the performance > edge for use > > with enterprise e-mail, compared against Thunderbird (though not > against Microsoft > > Outlook). However, in practice, some have noted Eudora has suffered > limited performance > > problems with recent versions, > > prompting in at least one case > > suggestions that users (in this case, students) try Thunderbird instead. > -- Samuel Proulx mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fastfinge.livejournal.com [After the angel hoax is exposed.] Homer Simpson: What the hell are we going to do with 10,000 angel ashtrays?! Bart Simpson: I could take up smoking. Homer Simpson: You damn well better.
