On 04/27/2016 03:20 AM, Laszlo Papp wrote:
Given how respected, appreciated and well-used Thunderbird has been in
my experience, including industrial environments (only dream for certain
KDE subprojects?), I would suggest having a bit more good faith at this
point. Such early conclusions have been brought up about the Qt
framework as well after the Nokia decline. I am now being told that the
Qt business has been doing really well instead.
I'm not saying Thunderbird doesn't have users at present. I'm
saying its usage numbers have failed to translate to a revenue
stream or an excess of manpower; problems severe enough its
original parent organization has struggled to keep it going.
On top of that, it's facing immense technological challenges in
the relatively near future that will make it harder, not easier
to develop further.
Thunderbird joining KDE.org would require us to invest
resources (monetary, but also the time and motivation of e.g.
our sysadmins and our board). Can we recoup those? Why us if
others could not?
Best Regards,
Laszlo Papp
Cheers,Eike
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