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Eudora 8 is now... '''Eudora OSE'''. After much discussion and feedback, it became readily apparent that the original name would inevitably lead to confusion amongst the users – and that just wouldn’t do.
The last version of Eudora that was developed commercially for Mac was 6.2, and 7.1 for Windows. Calling These versions are now quite old, and will not be updated. In the new Eu version 8 implied something that it isn’t. It is not meantime, the “next” Eudoraworld moves on, and with every new features building upon two decades release of development. It MacOS and Windows, there is not, in the conventional sense, a step forward. It’s more of a step sideways. There are excellent reasons why some users would want to switch. There are also equally compelling reasons why other users should continue using the classic productan additional likelihood that these versions will no longer work reliably.
Eudora OSE is the Open Source Edition of one of the internet’s most pioneering and enduring applications. It is a re-imagining and re-implementation of classic Eudora features on top of the Mozilla Thunderbird codebase. It is more than just an extension, as certain functionality required changes to the core of the application. Some of these have been accepted into and become part of Thunderbird, while others are still awaiting acceptance.
Eudora OSE integrates so tightly with specific versions of the underlying code that it is highly recommended for users to install the entire application, rather than trying to run the extension on top of Thunderbird.
Eudora OSE does not have every feature and behavior of the commercial versions so it was misleading to call it “version 8”. The most important thing that Eudora OSE has is a future – because it’s built as part of a modern, ongoing codebase. So, while there may be reasons some of you prefer the old versions, you should be aware that someday they will break, and they will not be fixed. Now would be an excellent time to try Eudora OSE, and to consider switching to it; for your peace of mind if nothing else.
The codename for the Open Source Eudora project – as it was originally announced, and as it exists today – is Penelope. If you look in the Add-ons list or file a bug, or even look at the title of this page, that is the name you will see. It was intended to create a distinction between the classic Eudora program and the exciting new direction. But in the end, it caused too much confusion for people to sort out or remember what Penelope was or wasn’t, what Eudora 8 was or wasn’t, and/or where one ended and the other began.
