10 years ago, on 31 march 1998, the source code for Netscape's Communicator 5.0 product was released. It is certainly worth a mention, as it was a significant step in Open source's spread. The Mozilla Public License has also been used as a foundation by other projects.

It might have been a difficult start, with complete rewrites being the only solution in some cases and bringing numerous delays, but those days a far way now. Mozilla is now an independent organisation that launched a for-profit subsidiary based on Firefox' success.

Mozilla Messaging is the new Mozilla Foundation subsidiary, focusing a Thunderbird 3 development. It is headed by David Ascher. It has been started after complaints that Firefox was getting all attention while Thunderbird was left behind, and several options where pondered before deciding to start a dedicated company, 100% subsidiary of the non-profit organisation.

As seen on Toolinux

Linuxfr reports about XDF, a cross platform invoicing solution for small companies. Internet connectivity is necessary, as all data is saved on a central server, which could very well be a negative point for many companies. It is not open source, and will only be interesting to french-speaking users. You can give it a try for free until they release the next version.

The client software is build on Mozilla's platform.