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submitted 3 weeks ago by madthumbs@lemmy.world to c/linuxsucks@lemmy.world

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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Enterprise knows how to ask for money. They're always in your face. Open thunderbird and see what's the first thing you're greeted with.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Thunderbird asks afaik only once a year and they started very recently.

Also Thunderbird doesn't count as enterprise software.

Enterprise refers to distributions like RHEL, SUSE and similar projects.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Thunderbird's startup page asks for donations. Not saying it's a bad thing, but it's done right. How is it not enterprise and it's run by a corporation? Isn't Mozilla a corporation? Or is it not considered enterprise because it's free?

[–] groet 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Enterprise does not mean it is owned by a corporation. Also I think Mozilla is a non profit but I might be wrong there.

Enterprise is about who the target user is. If it is designed to run on a single user desktop or whether its supposed to integrate into central management and authentication structures. Enterprise software is most of the time sold as part of a service agreement with the developer offering updates and support for special customer use cases.

Thunderbird is simply a universal mail client that can be used by anyone. Privately and in a corporate setting

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

I appreciate the detailed explanation. Did not know much of that. :)