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Mozilla Opens Thunderbird Email Subsidiary

Posted by kdawson on from the need-a-cute-mascot dept.

alphadogg is one of several readers to note the opening of the Mozilla Foundation's new subsidiary, Mozilla Messaging, charged with developing the free, open source Thunderbird email software. Mozilla Messaging will initially focus on Thunderbird 3, which aims at improving several aspects of the software, including integrated calendaring and better search. ZDNet UK's coverage leads with the interest the new organization has in developing instant-messaging software.

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  1. Re:Open source and standards ftw! by Planesdragon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Consider their failures:
    -XBox
    -XBox 360 (May be early to call it a complete failure, but now that HD-DVD is dead, sony will ride them like a reverse cowgirl) Neither the original nor the 360 can be justifiably called "failures." "Unprofitable" maybe, but not "failures."

    I wouldn't buy a PS3 over a 360 (I have neither) unless the PS3 has at least a 20% price advantage. In fact, I've recommended the 360 to people who have absolutely no interest in playing games, just because it's the easiest media-center-extender to buy.

    MS is burning cash to get market share, and it's working.

    OTOH, if you slap on "Zune" to that list you've got something.