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Ask Mozilla Foundation Chief Mitchell Baker
There have been several recent reports of squabbles and problems involving Mozilla and Firefox development. In an attempt to clear the air about what's going on inside the Mozilla Project and the Mozilla Foundation, Mitchell Baker has agreed to answer 10 - 12 Slashdot questions. Please look at some recent interviews with Ms. Baker and check her blog before posting in order to avoid duplication. We'll publish her answers within the next week.
Why didn't you release 1.8 before abandoning the suite? What have you to say to people who dedicated their energies to a product which will no longer be affliated with Mozilla? If you never intended the 1.8 Suite to be released, why do you have 1.9 alpha development on your roadmap?
I can understand reasons for releasing the suite, but I think your application of those reasons definitely needs to be categorized in the "How to Alienate Your Base Users in 30 minutes or less" department. It's like you filed for a divorce, split up the property, moved everything out, and finally after the dust settled, you informed your wife.
In a related issue, I'm curious generally whether Mozilla intends to take on projects to create stand-alone apps to complete the functionality of the old suite (as mentioned, a composer and stand-alone chat app) or give those functions up for others to handle, as well as whether there is any talk or plans for new applications.