Comments on: Joining Mozilla

By: Thunderbird? Ja, den gibts noch! - Mein Blog

Thunderbird? Ja, den gibts noch! - Mein Blog — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:33:56 +0000

[...] getroffen, ein eigenes Unternehmen unter dem Dach von Mozilla zu gründen. Dieses sollte von David Ascher geleitet werden. Unmittelbar danach verließen Scott MacGregor und David Bienvenu, bis dahin [...]

By: STEPHEN SNELL

STEPHEN SNELL — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:00:40 +0000

HELLO DAVID ASCHER,

FIRST OF ALL, I’M WRITING IN (CAPS) BECAUSE I’VE GOT “CP” AND I TYPE WITH MY (NOSE) AND SO IT’S EASIER FOR ME TO TYPE THIS WAY. ANYHOW, DO YOU KNOW ON WHEN THAT YOU’RE RELEASING-OUT “THUNDERBIRD” VERSION (3.0)? PLEASE LET ME KNOW SOON. (THANKS SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME DAVID ASCHER)!!!

BEST REGARDS: (STEPHEN RAY SNELL)!!!

By: Calvin Spealman

Calvin Spealman — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:58:43 +0000

Congrats. I’m interested to see what you guys do at the new MailCo. All of the non-browser left overs from SeaMonkey definitely need some tender love and attention these days.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:50:48 +0000

Just curious:

What will happen to Thunderbird’s code base?

Does this involve the Penelope project?

Does this also involve the Lightning / Sunbird Project?

Is there going to be any mail servers in the future? Ok, this one is out of left field, but I may have hit on something.

Regards

By: david

david — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:54:15 +0000

Frog:

Thanks for the comment. If that comment was nonsense, then I certainly agree that I do need to research my legal roles and responsibilities further. I’m still not convinced it is nonsense, though.

I’m wondering if my post from last night helps clarify the statement you found nonsensical? I’d be curious to hear your feedback:

http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/09/27/the-mozilla-organizational-hack/

By: Frog

Frog — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:22:52 +0000

While it will legally be a for-profit company, its purpose will be to serve the public benefit. This means that while part of my job is to figure out a long-term sustainability plan for the company, it’s more important for me to make email better than to generate significant profits.

This is nonsense. You may need to research your legal roles and responsibilities a bit more.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(charity), for a start.

By: Wai Yip Tung

Wai Yip Tung — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:48:29 +0000

Congratulations David! Something interesting is finally going to happen in the email realm.

I recommend a 1999 book “Practical Internet Groupware” by Jon Udell. In which it envisions a groupware system with email and newsgroup a key component. Sadly I think few investment and innovation, anit-spamming aside, are being made in this area compare with web

By: david

david — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:30:48 +0000

Donnie and others –

I’m sorry that the comment box doesn’t fit — can you post or email the details of your screen configuration?

By: Donnie Berkholz

Donnie Berkholz — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:08:24 +0000

David,
I just finished an excellent book called “Good to Great” about transforming good companies into great ones — now might be a great time for you to read it too.

On an unrelated note, your comment box doesn’t fit into my browser window. This is quite annoying.

By: kevin Song

kevin Song — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:38:20 +0000

There are 130M+ internet users.
They send billions of emails everyday.
There are more and more open source community and open source developers.
China should be one of main market.
Mozilla has setup an office in Beijing, how about Thunderbird?