"In a surprise announcement today, Qualcomm says it will be ceasing development of the commercial version of the once-popular Eudora mail client. In its stead, the company says it will collaborate with the Mozilla Foundation and base future versions of Eudora on Mozilla Thunderbird. The release of the open source Eudora is scheduled for the first half of 2007.
Qualcomm spokesperson Jeremy James says that the company made the decision because Eudora, while a profitable product for the company, does not fit with Qualcomm's core business of digital wireless communications products. However, the company also wanted to support loyal users of Eudora, and by moving to an open source version of Eudora it will provide a way for Qualcomm to exit the business and allow the community to maintain Eudora going forward."
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