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On 11/19/2013 10:29 AM, Vincent wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi all,<br>
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I would also be happy to donate and I think that many users
would be too. In fact, I believe that Thunderbird will just
slowly disappear without income that would allow important
developments (make maildir the default, new address book,
compose in a tab,...).<br>
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We should also keep in mind the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://blog.yorba.org/jim/2013/05/geary-crowdfunding-what-went-wrong.html">Geary
experience (and why they fails)</a>. I think Thunderbird can
success where Geary fails, because it is a lot more famous that
Geary.<br>
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I hadn't heard of Geary, but I've heard of Postbox which isn't a big
succes and I've heard of Pegasus, which has been my favorite email
client for a long time (when my email was still stored on a Novell
Netware server), but which also had problems raising enough funds
even for one developer. (Pegasus tried it by selling manuals, if i
remember correctly).<br>
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Only when you can make the donations repeating/annual I think you
may have a way to raise a substantial amount of money. But it should
be crystal clear to the contributors what happens with their
money...<br>
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Onno<br>
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