Mozilla renames Phoenix and Minotaur

[JamesR]

Mozilla.org has announced that its Phoenix browser and Minotaur mail client will be renamed (due to legal issues) to Firebird and Thunderbird respectively. A small open source database project called Firebird has balked at the change, asking its members to e-mail Mozilla.org staffers en masse in protest.

Mozilla.org seems to have developed an automotive fetish in its recent renaming preferences, with the Mac-only Chimera project being recently renamed to Camino and rumors floating about that the monolithic "all-in-one" Mozilla client will be renamed Winnebago after Firebird and Thunderbird take over as the main Mozilla browser and mail client, respectively.

[JamesR]

Asa Dotzler, a mozilla.org staffer, announced the new name THROUGH Mozillazine.org, so the announcement really came from mozilla.org. :-D

[JamesR]

A note: I posted this especially so the Amiga community could be assured that it's not the only community with drama.

The Firebird DB people are spamming mozilla.org staffers like nuts, as well as deluging Mozillazine.org. Luckily, we're not going to bow to the pressure. It's Firebird and they'll just have to deal with it. AOL's legal department approved the name, so it's a done deal.