More on the future of open source Eudora
Sunday, October 29th, 2006
The latest MacNotables podcast 
(Adam Engst, Jason Snell, Chuck Joiner et al.) is focussed on the future of the open source Eudora, which is to be rebuilt from the ground up on Thunderbird’s code.
Two long-time Eudora users — Adam Engst (TidBITs) and Jason Snell (MacWorld editor) — talk about what they would like to see in the new version and make a few points on the need for innovation in email programs in general. Eudora users are also encouraged to get involved in the development of the new creation.
The new Eudora will be called Penelope (presumably after the woman (Wikipedia ) who waited for years and years with increasing impatience for her husband Odysseus to come home whilst she fended off a swarm of suitors with various deceits).
It will be a long wait for Eudora users too. Only after two intermediate steps do developers expect to release Penelope 1.0. And only then,
once we finish version 1.0, we will divide our attention between bringing over some of the more obscure Eudora features and customizations, and doing new work.Tags: email, Eudora, last roll of the dice, mail client, open source, penelope, thunderbird
