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Phoenix Project Considers A Name Change

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-anka-or-pheng dept.

Magpie writes "Recently Blake Ross, a developer of the Phoenix web browser, has made a post on the Mozillazine forums looking for a new name for the project. Apparently the people over at Phoenix Technologies decided that the name interferes with their trademark since they make an 'internet access device .'" Maybe they could start with this list.

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  1. Even better! by Thomas+A.+Anderson · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mini-Mo

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  2. How about ... by one9nine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tucson? Yuma? Flagstaff?

  3. Nice catch! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Have fun putting out the flames in your hair when anyone from the Pacific Northwest reads your "informative" post.

  4. Just change the spelling a little... by Sherloqq · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... to, say, Feenyx / Feenics / Fienix or something.

    Just don't start a Hukt on Feenics marketing campaign.
    That might not "fly" too well, if ya know what I mean...

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  5. Phoenix Foundation? by CatWrangler · · Score: 3, Funny

    MacGuyver isn't using that one anymore. Damn, I am a geek.

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  6. Re:IE Killer! by rlowe69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lame replying to my own post I know but I just had an idea. Follow my progress ...

    Explorer Killer
    Explorer Killa
    Exilla
    Xilla
    Zilla

    So you end up with Zilla. If Zilla's not enough browser for you, get Mo'Zilla. ...*cough*

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  7. Re:Ho-ho! by Monsieur_F · · Score: 2, Funny
    Another Japanese bird:

    Pheng
    Giant Japanese bird who could eclipse the sun. Known to eat camels.


    So that's why there are no more camels in Japan !
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  8. Re:Holy frug... by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like an aeroplane to me..

  9. GNP... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    GNU Not Phoenix

  10. Re:Ho-ho! by aridhol · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would that conflict with the use of Perl in CGI pages?

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  11. Mozookie of course! by turgid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mozilla, mozilla,.. ..and Mozookie (or should that be Mozuki?) I'd have thought that would have been the unanimous first 300 suggestions, but maybe our cartoons were different in Scotland?

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