Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Possible collaboration opportunity for LibreOffice for Mail/PIM client

[Removed Betterbird from CC]

Thanks for sharing John. I presume there are tensions between the two projects (given wording on 
the Betterbird website), and clearly it makes sense for TDF to stay on the good side of Mozilla. 

Therefore LO marketing around Betterbird would be better without implying official LO endorsement, 
IMO. But that's nonetheless potentially achievable. Eg: a pitch to journalists from the Betterbird 
team including an angle / narrative that compares it to LO, with a supportive quote from a LO or 
TDF person. I think Betterbird should drive it though.

Being sympathetic to forks and independent community momentum does not equal an endorsement or 
criticism of Mozilla, IMO.

Hoping for any externally maintained mail client to become an official LO component is 
unfortunately unrealistic, I believe.

Sam.

On 15 November 2021 13:25:02 CET, John Mills <jmills59@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I ran into an up and coming project that might be interesting to make contact with. The ex 
> maintainer of Mozilla Thunderbird Jörg Knobloch along with others have created a 'soft fork' of 
> Thunderbird and are maintaining it along the same release schedule so security and functionality 
> are in step. 
> Numerous patches that improve the end user experience are added, all of this can be seen on their 
> GitHub page.
> This software is akin to the GO-OO fork of Open Office back in the day in my opinion.
> As LibreOffice does not contain a PIM/Mail client there could be scope for some sort of 
> collaboration that would benefit both projects. I have contacted Jörg previously and I think he 
> would welcome this suggestion. It's not for me to say obviously but I think it's worth pursuing. I 
> will copy the Betterbird mail address on this post.
> This could really give LibreOffice a boost and help fill in a missing piece of the puzzle compared 
> to competitors such as Microsoft Office. There are already Windows and Linux builds of Betterbird 
> with a flat pack on the way. 
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> Betterbird. Simply better.  
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> Betterbird. Simply better. A soft fork of Mozilla Thunderbird
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> https://github.com/Betterbird/
> Additional info (In German)
> https://www.thunderbird-mail.de/forum/board/91-betterbird/
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> I hope this mail finds you all well, keep healthy all.
> With best regards,
> John Mills
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