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** Threat to open communications | ** Threat to open communications | ||
* How Thunderbird is developed and supported (the transition to community ownership) | * How Thunderbird is developed and supported (the transition to community ownership) | ||
Several years ago, Thunderbird had a significant paid staff, subsidized by Firefox. But Firefox needs to focus on its own issues, so now we volunteers are responsible for supporting and improving Thunderbird. | |||
** Where Thunderbird came from | ** Where Thunderbird came from | ||
** Thunderbird relationship to Mozilla and Firefox | ** Thunderbird relationship to Mozilla and Firefox | ||
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*** Thunderbird maintains the same user-centric values as other Mozilla products, but is developed independently, and must be supported independently. | *** Thunderbird maintains the same user-centric values as other Mozilla products, but is developed independently, and must be supported independently. | ||
* Why Thunderbird requires continual effort just to stay secure and reliable | * Why Thunderbird requires continual effort just to stay secure and reliable | ||
Much of the code for Thunderbird is the same code that Firefox uses. That means that security efforts to keep Firefox safe, also keep Thunderbird safe. But it also means that the hundreds of developers that are improving Firefox sometimes cause issues in Thunderbird that our small team of developers needs to fix. Add to that changes in email providers, and changes to operating systems. Just keeping Thunderbird current and secure takes a lot of effort. | |||
* Improvements we would like to make | * Improvements we would like to make | ||
** Contacts: user interface, open protocols, syncing to cloud | ** Contacts: user interface, open protocols, syncing to cloud | ||