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Firebird vs. Mozilla

Firebird vs. Mozilla

Posted Oct 8, 2009 13:24 UTC (Thu) by epa (subscriber, #39769)
In reply to: Firebird vs. Mozilla by ncm
Parent article: Ingres Database 9.3 released

The outcome wasn't *entirely* good: Mozilla picking a brand-new name meant that they could then trademark it, and stop people distributing modified versions unless they also change the name of the program, which may be a necessary evil but is not entirely good.

If they had stuck with the name Phoenix, we wouldn't have any of this Iceweasel/abrowser nonsense.


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Firebird vs. Mozilla

Posted Oct 8, 2009 13:25 UTC (Thu) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

If they had stuck with the name Phoenix,
Or Firebird, even.

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