Remember what happened to Thunderbird, though. Mozilla dropped it, and it got be...

dartos · 2024-08-21T14:15:49 1724249749

Isn’t thunderbird still part of Mozilla?

It says it still is on their site.

cxr · 2024-08-21T16:03:26 1724256206

Nominally yes, and insofar as the Mozilla Foundation is "Mozilla". Even then, the relationship is ceremonial.

And Mozilla Corp is something different altogether.

dartos · 2024-08-21T19:08:00 1724267280

If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, odds are it’s a duck.

cxr · 2024-08-21T22:57:30 1724281050

... what?

dartos · 2024-08-22T00:34:19 1724286859

If the shoe fits

cxr · 2024-08-22T01:22:00 1724289720

These are not good comments.

lproven · 2024-08-28T17:11:23 1724865083

To me, they were clear, informative, and amusingly expressed.

But then I am a native speaker and a Brit and these are abbreviations of familiar expressions.

manuelmoreale · 2024-08-21T14:41:27 1724251287

> Thunderbird operates in a for-profit subsidiary of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.

I guess the answer is yes.

lproven · 2024-08-28T17:10:31 1724865031

Not really, no, it is not.

T'bird is owned and run by a for-profit company called MZLA.

That company is owned by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation but Mozilla does not own, run, operate, or control Thunderbird.

Comparison: Pret a Manger, the fancy sandwich chain, is part-owned by Mcdonald's. But you can't buy a Big Mac in Pret, and you can't buy a Pret fancy noodle salad in McDonald's.