OT: Thunderbird on the installer CD [was: Re: Evolution]

[David Meireles]

Besides, I'll loose the calendar and contacts integration with the 
desktop out-of-the-box, like I have? Sorry, I don't buy that... I've 
jumped from Thunderbird to Evolution because I needed something more 
powerfull for my usage. Don't get me wrong, I like thunderbird, and when 
not working in Linux, that's what I use, but in Linux, Evolution has all 
I need, including my phone's contacts Sync.

Leif Gregory escreveu:
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:48:18 -0600
> Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>
>   
>>     NO! I do not care to have Thunderbird as a default email client.
>> I do care the Ubuntu has evolution it's default email client. I would
>> have both a d/l choice.
>>     
>
> I think you're going to have a hard time selling that idea. Back up and
> forget what we know about Linux on the desktop and consider it from the
> perspective of a new convert.
>
> First they read up on reviews maybe and see that Ubutnu doesn't come
> with a MUA out of the box, or some friend gave them an Ubuntu CD and
> they installed it. I think, in today's world that a default MUA is
> something people would expect. 
>
> "What do you mean there's no e-mail? What the hell else is it missing?".
>
> It doesn't matter that they can go out and pick any one of their
> choosing to install, and that installation is a snap, all they're going
> to see is a crippled desktop experience.
>
> Now, take it further. Do they stop including F-Spot, or Rhythmbox, or
> whatever too because people choose to use DigiKam or Amarok or
> Exhaile (sp?) instead of the default (an example, no statistical
> inference made <grin>).
>
> You also stated in another post:
>
> "Interesting Ken. I was not aware that Xubuntu comes with Thunderbird!
> Now my goal is to get *Ubuntu* to all have Thunderbird."
>
> So which is it? You want *buntu to have Thunderbird by default or not.
> You're going to have to have clear objectives in this mission of yours
> if you ever have any hope of making a convincing argument.
>
> Is it more that you just don't want Evolution as the default? If so,
> then maybe you want to attack the issue from another angle such as
> dependencies in Gnome to portions of Evolution libraries.
>
> Uhhhm, but isn't that the point of Linux? Being able to leverage
> existing libraries and not re-invent the wheel every time?
>
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