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JamesR
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Mozilla renames Phoenix and Minotaur
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April 16, 2003, 09:51:15 PM »
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.
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Re: Mozilla renames Phoenix and Minotaur
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April 17, 2003, 12:57:00 AM »
This was
NOT
announced by
mozilla.org
... this is from
mozillaZine
!!!
There is a difference!!!
In the
"announce"
from
mozilla.org
there is nothing about the new name of Phoenix!!! And there is a good reason ... it has not officially got a new name yet!!! And when Phoenix gets it's new name, I do not think it will be Firebird ... why,
thats
why!!!
EDIT: Sorry the new name is
Firebird
, but it is still from mozillaZine.org ;-)
@ the moderators
Please change "Mozilla.org" to "mozillaZine.org" in the original news post.
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JamesR
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Re: Mozilla renames Phoenix and Minotaur
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April 17, 2003, 10:58:27 AM »
Asa Dotzler, a mozilla.org staffer, announced the new name THROUGH Mozillazine.org, so the announcement really came from mozilla.org. :-D
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JamesR
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Re: Mozilla renames Phoenix and Minotaur
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April 17, 2003, 11:01:09 AM »
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.
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