Mozilla proved to be struggling to separate free email software / Thunderbird

"Mozilla Firefox"Or"Mozilla ThunderbirdDevelop free source software such as open sourceMozilla"Mozilla Foundation" was established to support the project. Mr. Mitchell Baker, Chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, said that he thought that he wanted to separate Thunderbird, a mail client that can be used for free, from "Mozilla" within the Google group that publishes notes for all employees I revealed.

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Mozilla Wants To Split Off Its Thunderbird Email / Chat Client, Says Mitchell Baker Memo | TechCrunch
http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/30/thunderbird-flies-away-from-mozilla/

Speaking of "Thunderbird" is a mail client that can also be used as a chat function or news client. Mozilla began development in 2004, but valid updates have been stopped in 2012. Meanwhile, Mozilla 's Baker chairman said, "I think that if you separate Thunderbird from Mozilla' s development system and, in some cases, separate it from Mozilla 's technology, it will be able to grow more as a mail client," , I reveal my own opinion in a memo which is open to all employees. About this, the American news media TechCrunch contacted Mozilla directly, and it seems that this memo was able to confirm that Mr. Baker wrote it.

Baker also said, "Because the current development environment of Thunderbird is not stable, we should aggressively think about the transition towards the" future without integration of Firefox and Thunderbird "actively , Although this is not a decision, Mozilla commented that actor should separate Thunderbird as an open source project, or look for business partners who will be responsible for developing it.

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It is only now that Mozilla is trying to compete against Google Chrome and others that compete for market share as the same web browser by focusing its own development source on Firefox.

Since delegating development to the community of volunteers in 2012, Mozilla is responsible only for extended support in Thunderbird's security and maintenance. About this, Baker is commenting as "tax payment" and says that it seems to be like an eagle to an engineer who develops Firefox. "Thunderbird support engineers need to adapt to changing Firefox while maintaining Thunderbird, and Thunderbird support for engineers involved in Firefox and other related projects by all means In the current situation, it is not in an environment where you can put in tasks of your own in both projects ".

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Though it is now a fewer e-mail client, Thunderbird was popular software that breaks 1 million downloads in 10 days at the time of release. However, as the times change, they are deprived of their position in mobile applications and web-based mail services. Mozilla and the volunteer community do not clarify the current number of users and the number of downloads of Thunderbird, but it is quite a natural flow that Mozilla himself wants to concentrate its development resources on Firefox.