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Phoenix and Minotaur Get New Names

Posted by timothy on from the but-not-new-icons dept.

blazerw11 writes "Phoenix and Minotaur have been officially renamed to Firebird for the browser and Thunderbird for the mail client. Interestingly, they're both named after cars I often see in my neighbors' lawns. At least these cars were pretty fast before they were put up on cinder blocks. Personally, I like the names and the browser is great. I'm writing this with one of the last Phoenix Nightlies."

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  1. Re:What about... by chunkwhite86 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    (to "chunder" is to vomit)

    What, you mean like This?

    --
    I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
  2. Re:"Firebird" is also taken by dybdahl · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Renaming Phoenix to Firebird would be like renaming MySQL to Konqueror. This makes no sense at all, and seems very destructive to a fellow Open Source project.

    I sincerely hope that the Phoenix team finds another name than Firebird.

    Lars Dybdahl