> with the billions of dollars of commission it earns from search from Google
That's the Mozilla Corporation. That's not a charity. It also explicitly does not work on Thunderbird.
The charity is the Mozilla Foundation. It has a lot less money than that.
The developer position in question is being effectively paid by the Thunderbird Council (but officially hired by the Mozilla Foundation, which has the infrastructure to do legal compliance like payroll taxes in place). The Thunderbird Council has even less money than the Mozilla Foundation.
> I can't actually believe this is something they're excited to post a blog about.
The Thunderbird Council is excited to post about this, because this is the first hire they've done as far as I know.
> seriously wrong with the way they allocate resources.
Well, "Mozilla" (both the Corporation and the Foundation) has decided to not allocate resources to Thunderbird, period, though some Mozilla employees contribute to Thunderbird in their spare time, like any other open-source project. You can disagree with what the two Mozilla organizations are focusing on, but it's a pretty deliberate decision, not something falling out by accident or something, or a result of the organization being a "shambles".
"Mozilla" as an organization (both of the organizations involved) is providing pretty minimal support for TB, if any. They've been very upfront and explicit about it.
I was addressing why the blog post exists: it's not posted by "Mozilla", but by the people who are actually supporting TB.
This thread is about Mozilla failing to support apps which are crucial but perhaps not profitable, in contrast with their stated values. Tiny amounts in comparison to their other recent failures.
Being “upfront and explicit” doesn’t magically popularize unpopular choices.
That's the Mozilla Corporation. That's not a charity. It also explicitly does not work on Thunderbird.
The charity is the Mozilla Foundation. It has a lot less money than that.
The developer position in question is being effectively paid by the Thunderbird Council (but officially hired by the Mozilla Foundation, which has the infrastructure to do legal compliance like payroll taxes in place). The Thunderbird Council has even less money than the Mozilla Foundation.
> I can't actually believe this is something they're excited to post a blog about.
The Thunderbird Council is excited to post about this, because this is the first hire they've done as far as I know.
> seriously wrong with the way they allocate resources.
Well, "Mozilla" (both the Corporation and the Foundation) has decided to not allocate resources to Thunderbird, period, though some Mozilla employees contribute to Thunderbird in their spare time, like any other open-source project. You can disagree with what the two Mozilla organizations are focusing on, but it's a pretty deliberate decision, not something falling out by accident or something, or a result of the organization being a "shambles".