off-topic, thunderbird

[Jim Byrnes]

On 02/04/2016 03:52 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:15:11 -0500, Doug wrote:
>> On 02/04/2016 03:49 AM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote:
>>> Chaps,
>>>
>>> this is off-topic. So ignore it if you want;
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what is the story with mozilla thunderbird ?
>>> Is it still under development ?
>>> Did I read correctly somewhere on the web that mozilla will
>>> stop maintaining it ?
>>>
>>> s.
>>>
>>>
>> I haven't heard that--they've been updating everything every few
>> weeks. Maybe if they stop updating things we'd be better off!
>
> Hi,
>
> there is an official Mozilla channel, Wiki, thy might not give much
> information, but there are still quotes of official statements
> available in the Internet. Most important at the moment seems to be what
> is mentioned about "support" and what is mentioned about the plan for
> the future. Since the OP didn't post a link to a source of information,
> I didn't feel the need to reply about rumours before. However, it's not
> that hard to use a search engine and to find an official statement.
> There's no need for me to check any information about Icedove, but
> perhaps it's interesting for some users that Ubuntu's upstream Debian,
> since for around ten years or so cared about an unbranded approach to
> provide a "free" version of Thunderbird. In addition they cared (and
> still care) about the browser too, so there is Iceweasel, let alone
> other projects, such as IceCat, Palemoon and the Firefox alike QupZilla.
> For my Ubuntu Wily I'm using Claws as the MUA and IceCat and QupZilla
> as browser. Mozilla projects are forked since a very long time. Perhaps
> the OP should ask, what happens to the Mozilla Thunderbird fork Icedove,
> assumed Thunderbird one day should be discontinued.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
>

Ralf,

I'm not the OP but when I responded to him this was the article I had read.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/30/thunderbird-flies-away-from-mozilla/

regards,  Jim