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• Thunderbird: A worthy alternative to Microsoft Outlook

  Posted on August 22, 2022 at 02:44 CDT by Lance Whitney • Comment in the Forums

  SOFTWARE

  

  By Lance Whitney

  If you find the Outlook email client too cumbersome or complicated, Thunderbird is a simpler yet robust email program worth trying.

  I’ve used Microsoft Outlook as my desktop email client for many years. That’s partly because I come from a corporate IT background with a company that was a Microsoft shop. And it’s partly because I subscribe to Microsoft 365, so Outlook is part of the package and integrates with the other Office apps.

  But that doesn’t mean I’m a huge fan of the program.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.34.0, 2022-08-22).

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• Dear Mozilla: Don’t give up on Windows RT!

  Posted on May 18, 2012 at 22:14 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Mozilla (with a little help from Google) is pressing an important point, not just for Firefox on Windows RT, but for the future of Windows applications.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Firefox, Google, Mozilla, Win32 API, Windows RT

• Why Google needs Firefox – now more than ever

  Posted on December 22, 2011 at 06:27 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Google’s paying the bill for Firefox again – although the details are sketchy.

  Most analysts don’t seem to realize that its a co-dependent relationship. They both need each other.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  UPDATE: AllThingsD reports that Google will be paying Mozilla $300 million per year for the next three years, in exchange for top search engine billing. That’s more than three times as much as Google has been paying for the past three years. I, uh, toldja so.

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