Re: Current status of Penelope

Wolf wrote:
Martin S. wrote:
In article <stevewjackson-2C60EC.15344903052007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Steve W. Jackson" <stevewjackson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The link recently posted here says that the Eudora importers are in sad shape, which means that the entire Penelope effort is a patchwork add-on to Thunderbird, rather than Eudora going open source on its own merit.

Exactly my thoughts. I've tried Thunderbird in the past, but, no, thanks.



Why would the owners of Eudora let it go open source? Eudora is a viable product for Windows, and presumably they have more sales for that version than for the Mac version. If they let the Mac version go open source, what's to stop someone from porting it to Windows?



Erm, I should've searched for Eudora first. Ignore above comment -- it's way off base. I had an "intellectual interruption," according to those of my friends who have similar age-related glitches in thinking.

Note excerpt below. It looks like Penelope _is_ the open source version of Eudora for Mac.

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QUALCOMM Launches Project in Collaboration with Mozilla Foundation to Develop Open Source Version of Eudora Email Program

— Open Source Version of Eudora will be Free of Charge; Final Commercial Versions of Classic Eudora for Windows and Mac Available Now —
SAN DIEGO — October 11, 2006 — QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, and the Mozilla Foundation, a public-benefit organization dedicated to promoting choice and innovation on the Internet, today announced that future versions of Eudora® will be based upon the same technology platform as the open source Mozilla Thunderbird™ email program. Future versions of Eudora will be free and open source, while retaining Eudora’s uniquely rich feature set and productivity enhancements. QUALCOMM and Mozilla will each participate in, and continue to foster development communities based around the open source Mozilla project, with a view to enhancing the capabilities and ease of use of both Eudora and Thunderbird. [...]



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Wolf

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