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Chimera Gets a New Name

Posted by pudge on from the i-used-to-drive-an-el-camino dept.

ProfKyne writes "Looks like Chimera (the other white meat) is getting a name change. The article asks that you please don't chime in with your suggestions."

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  1. Issues by hackwrench · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So anybody heard of whatever it is that has the Chimera name so that this project can't use it? Anyone else feel that this project shouldn't be forced to not use the Chimera name? And they say America is a free country.

    1. Re:Issues by Badger · · Score: 3, Insightful

      What does trademark law have to do with freedom?

      Political freedom, that matters. Economic freedom, that matters. Freedom to name your browser Chimera? Doesn't matter that much.

  2. Re:zilla by frogmella · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ..in YOUR humble opinion! Problem with the zilla suffix implies it is a variety of Mozilla, which Camino certainly is NOT - it's the Gecko rendering engine with a Cocoa interface. No email, no IM client, no Composer etc.

  3. Re: Are geeks ethnocentric? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Amazing. So all replies so far refer to American popular culture, not mentioning that "camino" is Spanish for "road" or "path."Something that is obvious to the majority living in the Americas (North, Central, and South). Get with it dudes, us and Canada are the only two major non-Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas.