SeaMonkey:Scratchpad:Migration Announcement

The SeaMonkey team wants to get the word out publicly 1) that Mozilla suite users should upgrade and 2) that the SeaMonkey project exists and what it is.

We want to get this out to the press in all regions where we have our software available in local languages, which means that we're 1) asking our SeaMonkey L10n teams to localize this announcement and 2) asking peers in all local communities to send this out to the local press.

Original (English, US) version

SeaMonkey project urges Mozilla users to upgrade

Two years after the end-of-line announcement for the Mozilla Application suite, 10 months after its last security update, and more than a year after the first release of its successor, the SeaMonkey team is trying to win over people who are still using this Internet suite software.

"The Mozilla suite is outdated and insecure nowadays", said Robert Kaiser of the project-leading SeaMonkey Council, "In recent months the list of known security vulnerabilities has grown, but development has stopped on the Mozilla branded suite. There is a successor with the same browser/mail/composer/chat combination, improved functionality, and a steady flow of security updates - just under a different name: SeaMonkey."

The name change was needed to officially show that a group of dedicated volunteers had taken over development of the suite from Mozilla Foundation in March 2005. Mozilla Foundation is focusing on development of the stand-alone Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail clients, which it promotes as additional supported upgrade paths for users of the old Mozilla suite.

"With SeaMonkey we offer users of the Mozilla suite a way to stay with the more familiar suite style instead of switching to the alternative of separate stand-alone applications", said Robert Kaiser. "Downloads and more information can be found at www.seamonkey-project.org".

"Security threats on the Internet are constantly evolving, so it is important to use software that is actively being updated to address issues as they are discovered. Additionally, choice and innovation are goals of the Mozilla community, and as members of that community, we offer those to Mozilla users through the SeaMonkey project."

SeaMonkey is an Open-Source community project within the mozilla.org software family.