• lud@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Thunderbird asks afaik only once a year and they started very recently.

    Also Thunderbird doesn’t count as enterprise software.

    Enterprise refers to distributions like RHEL, SUSE and similar projects.

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      2 days ago

      Thunderbird’s startup page asks for donations. Not saying it’s a bad thing, but it’s done right. How is it not enterprise and it’s run by a corporation? Isn’t Mozilla a corporation? Or is it not considered enterprise because it’s free?

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        Enterprise does not mean it is owned by a corporation. Also I think Mozilla is a non profit but I might be wrong there.

        Enterprise is about who the target user is. If it is designed to run on a single user desktop or whether its supposed to integrate into central management and authentication structures. Enterprise software is most of the time sold as part of a service agreement with the developer offering updates and support for special customer use cases.

        Thunderbird is simply a universal mail client that can be used by anyone. Privately and in a corporate setting

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          2 days ago

          I appreciate the detailed explanation. Did not know much of that. :)