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<font face="Century Gothic">Well, that's good news but I hope
Firefox will survive. They produce an excellent product enjoyed
by millions.</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/25/2020 12:50 PM, ISHIKAWA,chiaki
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cite="mid:4eb6bd34-1bbc-8ead-f2eb-50757cb607ca@yk.rim.or.jp">On
2020/08/16 16:51, Óvári wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Hello,
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The article entitled "An endangered internet species: Firefox"
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols [1] concludes with:
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"Firefox will live on in one way or the other. It's open source
after all. But Firefox as an important browser, or Mozilla as a
significant open-source developer hub? No. I can't see it. Those
days are done. Firefox is officially on my endangered species
list."
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What does this mean for Thunderbird since it is built on
Firefox?
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If there is no Firefox, does that mean there will be no
Thunderbird?
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Thank you
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Óvári
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[1]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/an-endangered-internet-species-firefox/">https://www.zdnet.com/article/an-endangered-internet-species-firefox/</a>
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I was on a summer recess and so slow to read the e-mails.
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The author, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/us/steven-j-vaughan-nichols/"><https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/us/steven-j-vaughan-nichols/></a>
is a well respected author. He earned the respect over the years
writing balanced articles on PC OS and software. So some people do
take his opinion piece seriously. the perception angle is very
important in IT trade industry.
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Mozilla has some explanation to do to him, and needs to do it
quickly.
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Anyway, whatever he has to say on Firefox, he has a follow-up
encouraging (of a sort) article on TB.
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"Thunderbird e-mail client survives Mozilla layoffs
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Despite rumors to the contrary, Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail
client will live."
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/thunderbird-e-mail-client-survives-mozilla-layoffs/">https://www.zdnet.com/article/thunderbird-e-mail-client-survives-mozilla-layoffs/</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/us/steven-j-vaughan-nichols/"><https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/us/steven-j-vaughan-nichols/></a>I
think someone ought to contact him to clarify some issues
regarding MZLA, developer community in particular, etc. He is kind
of favorable to TB as far as I read it. So while he is all ears,
minor corrections or additional information need to be conveyed to
him as much as possible.
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Getting exposure in his column is a good thing for TB IMHO.
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He is posing this question at the end of the article.:
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Thunderbird's audience is only to keep growing. The real question
is: Will the now semi-independent Thunderbird manage to start
prospering as well?
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Your guess is as well as mine.
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Chiaki
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