Some programs just won't die. <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2181397,00.asp?kc=EWKNLEAU091107STR1">Eudora 8.0 is a mail and news application</A> from Qualcomm based on the open source Thunderbird client from the Mozilla Foundation. After abandoning Eudora as a commercial product in May, six Qualcomm programmers have released the product to Mozilla for further development under the code name Penelope.

A beta of Eudora 8.0 went live Aug. 31. Users can download it and use it for free, while programmers can view the source code, make changes to it, and share it with others in the community.