Fewer updates for Mozilla Thunderbird: the Mozilla staff has decided to dedicate less and less energy to the further development of the email client.
Mozilla is diversifying the allocation of resources for its developing products and, conversely, is cutting funds for projects it deems less interesting: this is the case, for example, of Mozilla Thunderbird, which is being phased out.
Mozilla has decided not to continue developing the popular email client with focus, starting by significantly reducing the frequency of update releases.
It is highly probable that at this stage the priority is to develop Firefox OS, Mozilla’s operating system, a new project that has captured the attention of the community and industry insiders.
However, this will not mean that the death knell will soon sound for Mozilla Thunderbird.
Simply put, the staff in charge of its development – as has been the case up to now – will rather focus only on keeping the system stable, without offering further new features.
The news emerged when TechCrunch published an internal Mozilla email discussing the intention to reassign some Thunderbird staff members to other projects.
Furthermore, it is also considered that, apparently, users would be content with the current Thunderbird product.
Given that it has always been an open source project, it is highly possible that a part of the community that grew around this product may independently provide new potential functionalities, leaving the official Mozilla staff solely responsible for approval and overall system stabilization.
Apparently, more details about Thunderbird’s fate will be known in September.
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