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Thunderbird gets new Corporation
First news trickles out 17 September 2007 8pm PDT, (18 Sep 3am GMT)
Latest off the press is that Thunderbird has undergone a vast overhaul of its internal structure, getting "Dr. David Ascher, currently CTO and VP Engineering of ActiveState", to establish a new company focused on mail.
Mitchell Baker adds that "The goals for the new company are:
- Take care of Thunderbird users
- Move Thunderbird forward to provide better, deeper email solutions
- Create a better user experience for a range of Internet communications
- Spark the types of community involvement and innovation that we've seen around web "browsing" and Firefox. "
Official Mozilla Press Release
Blogs:
Mitchell Baker, Mozilla Blog (Cross-posted)
Air Mozilla blog on Mitchell & David live @ 19 Sep 07
Tech sites:
- Slashdot
- Ars Technica
- News.com
- PCWorld
- Wired
- ZDNet
- Computerworld
- Mobility Site
- Read/Write Web
- GigaOM
- IT News Online
- Tech Shout
- ZDNet AU
- boingboing
- heise online
- vnunet
- TrustedReviews
- PC Pro
- Platinax
Search Google News
Please head to this mozillaZine thread for discussion. The thread has already been stickied.
Edit: More sites added. It's been slashdotted as well.
Filed under 'zz - Others (pre-2008)' | Posted on 18 Sep 2007 (Tue) by Gary Kwong at 8:04 PM. (GMT+8)
