Suspension of operations

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Hi folks,
It is with deep regret that I have to inform you of the immediate cessation =

of operations of Cyrusoft International, Inc./ISAMET. The company today=20
filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

This situation is the culmination of a series of events that has taken=20
place over the last few months. Whilst I have made my own best efforts to=20
avoid this, regrettably those came to naught.

Sadly this situation pretty much means the end of Mulberry. Its now almost=20
ten years since I wrote the first code of the Macintosh IMAP email client=20
that would become Mulberry. It has been a labor of love and much personal=20
sacrifice, and despite this disheartening outcome, I do maintain a certain=20
amount of pride of what was achieved with limited resources.

That said, my biggest disappointment is for the effect this will have on=20
our customers. Customers have come and some have gone, but for the most=20
part many have remained loyal and helped us battle through new releases=20
with feedback and help over the years. Its sad that at this time with a new =

major release just out and the prospect of exploring new avenues with the=20
calendaring capability, that this situation has occurred.

Right now all assets of the company are in the hands of the bankruptcy=20
trustee, including the software and other items that make up the Mulberry=20
product suite. Whilst there might be some opportunity to recover those at=20
some point in the future, there would certainly be no business left from it =

as customers would likely have switched or be in the process of switching=20
to alternative clients. Building up a new business from scratch would be=20
very hard.

The possibility of open sourcing the code is also limited due to=20
dependencies on third-party code and development tools that would require=20
some significant reworking to make it viable for anyone to even compile and =

use. And with the number of other open source clients that exist now, one=20
would have to ask whether there would be any point to that anyway.

The last set of releases we did yesterday will hopefully allow continued=20
use of Mulberry whilst other options are examined and evaluated by you.=20
Transitioning data from Mulberry to elsewhere should not be too difficult=20
as all our local data formats are standards based - though things like=20
rules and preferences will of course have to be recreated.

The website and mailing lists will likely continue to operate for a while=20
before the plug is pulled, so you should be able to continue to discuss=20
this event there, however, whilst bankruptcy proceedings are ongoing, I'm=20
afraid I won't be able to comment further.

This has been something of a roller-coaster ride, particularly of late, and =

now, sadly, our Mulberry tree has been felled. It has been a pleasure to=20
work with all of you and you have my good wishes for the future.

--=20
Cyrus Daboo

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Mulberry Information                     <mailto:[email protected]>
Cyrusoft International, Inc.              <http://www.mulberrymail.com>
Voice: +1 412 605 0499                             Fax: +1 412 605 0705
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