Mozilla launching "MailCo"

According to Mitchell Baker's weblog, the Mozilla Corporation is launching "MailCo" (a real name will be chosen later) as a separate effort to develop Thunderbird. David Ascher will be leading the new organization. "Mozilla will provide an initial $3 million dollars in seed funding to launch MailCo. This is expected to be spent mostly on building a small team of people who are passionate about email and Internet communications. As MailCo develops it and the Mozilla Foundation will evaluate what's the best model for long-term sustainability. Mozilla may well invest additional funds; we also hope that there are other paths for sustainability."

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