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Mozilla Firebird becomes FirefoxMozilla Firebird becomes FirefoxPosted Feb 9, 2004 17:44 UTC (Mon) by ncm (subscriber, #165)Parent article: Mozilla Firebird becomes Firefox I had suggested "emuzilla" or "moazilla", on the assumption they wanted to stick with the avian theme. Of course the emu and the moa are both flightless birds, but arguably (although less so, these days) so is Godzilla, Mozilla's namesake. I.e., Godzilla certainly is flightless, but might or might not be of a clade ancestral to birds. Moas are more impressive than emus, but are (recently) extinct. Both birds' bipedal locomotion, useless forelimbs, and fierce nature seemed more or less appropriate to the project. What is worst about the whole fiasco is not the repeated renaming, but the contempt displayed by the principals in the project who insisted on Firebird, in the first place, despite knowing about the other project already. I would never hire people like them. Actually, it's generally foolish to use any dictionary word as a trademark, when it's so easy to invent a word that certainly does not collide with any existing product/project.
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Mozilla Firebird becomes Firefox Posted Feb 9, 2004 17:59 UTC (Mon) by KaiRo (subscriber, #1987) [Link] Well, they insisted in Firebird for the time being, as it was at least legally without problems, and Phoenix wasn't.Anyways, mozilla.org agreed with the copyright holders of Godzilla not to name any new products ending in -zilla, so what you proposed wouldn't work.
Mozilla Firebird becomes Firefox Posted Feb 9, 2004 18:17 UTC (Mon) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link] Actually in some of the later Japanese Godzilla movies, Godzilla isnt completely flightless. He uses his breath weapon as a rocket to fly backwards.. of course his landings are pretty much "Use big building/hill/monastary to stop me".
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