Mozilla Corp., the open-source developer that produces the excellent Firefox WWW browser, has decided to set up a new for-profit venture to work on its Thunderbird e-mail client.
According to Computerworld, “David Ascher, the former chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at ActiveState Software Inc., a Vancouver, British Columbia-based development tool maker, will lead the new company.”
Mozilla announced that it will seed the yet to be named company with $3 million in start-up money.
