Did Ubuntu made bet on a dead horse? I wonder...

[Juan R. de Silva]

On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:27:39 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote:

> http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/07/06/there-is-no-need-to-worry-about-
thunderbird/
> 
> How I understand that?
> 
> 1. Thunderbird will continue receiving new security updates. 

It doesn't sound a lot for a product that never matured.

> 2. They will not primarily add new features, but they haven't done that 
> very much ever before either.
>
> If you ever tried Thunderbird, I would ask you how often have you seen
> new features in it.

And this was exactly my point. To make such an application default for 
Ubuntu was an obvious mistake. And it is even more obvious now, after 
Mozilla decided to stall its active development.

I use Evolution. It does has its problems but at is way more capable both 
as email client and especially PIM comparing with Thunderbird and its 
Lighting. 

IMHO Evolution is a mature product and its team probably could afford to 
stick to stability and security as some suggested. However, it is still 
in active development and improves or at least has a chance to do so. 

And what is Thunderbird now?.. Never matured application for which 
security updates are somewhat promised?..

If this is an idea for a respectable distribution default email client 
and PIM.  Well... I have nothing more to say. I would just avoid a 
discussion on the subject from this point.

Thanks.

And, BTW, your signature does look way to long and out of place in your 
posts. :-)