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Firebird Name Debate Enters a New Stage
An anonymous reader writes "As many readers will know, mozilla.org was asked to change the name for their standalone browser, Phoenix as another browser had the same name. After months of discussion, the new name was announced as Mozilla Firebird. Despite the new name being approved by AOL Legal, supporters of the FirebirdSQL database were quick to object (though the name is also used by many other people). A coincidentally named supporter of FirebirdSQL, IBPhoenix, put up a slightly immature request for their readers to participate in mass posting campaign targetting mozilla.org developers' email accounts, newsgroups and even forums at independent sites such as MozillaZine and Slashdot. FirebirdSQL's official site later reiterated this message. However, IBPhoenix have now declared this shock-and-awe stage of their campaign over, heralding it a success. Their second stage calls for a more focussed email protest at just two of mozilla.org's members: Mitchell Baker (mozilla.org's leader) and Asa Dotzler (announcer of the name change). In addition, they ask their readers to move away from 'derogatory messages' and to show more 'courtesy'. Unsurprisingly, the beleaguered admins of affected sites such as MozillaZine have welcomed this change of direction. This is getting very interesting!"
how bout Daawtrtdfw? Google turns up nothing, so I'm sure its not taken.
:)
smile, you'll live longer.
I think that's a well-known Welsh browser, actually.
:)
Are you sure you weren't searching English-only?
pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
to completely ignore these idiots and definitely
keep the name to spite them now. It might not be
a bad idea to write some sort of redirection or
"pitty party" filter code that rewrites the
offending morons websites like Opera did with
MSN.
For every annoying gentoo user, are three even more annoying anti-gentoo crybabies. Take Yosh from #Gimp for example.
In keeping with the Fiery Bird Motif of Firebird and Phoenix (a mythical bird that bursts into flame and is reborn)...
May I suggest that they change the name to "HotWings" to avoid futher disputes. Has a nice ring to it, eh?
I'd pick the name "br" as my first choice. Self-explainatory, too.
Where do I sign the petition to prevent the words "Shock and Awe" to ever be used together again? If I have an aneurysm, you'll know why.
-Rabbit
Let's just call it "Browser" and "eMail". That's what everyone calls them anyway...
Example
"My browser just crashed."
or
"I can't check my email."
Karma: The shiznight, mostly because I am the Drizzle.
What about Stingray?
IMHExperience, everything named Stingray was cool, and Phoenix was definitely worthy of such a name. Firebird is a pretty weak allusion to Phoenix.
He painted a unicorn in outer space. I'm askin' ya, what's it breathin'?
How about Phallus? I don't think anyone else will fight for that project name.
I hope.
In fact, it's already been suggested: Most People Agree: Phallus is a Really Bad Name for a Browser 8-)
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