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Firebird Database Project Admin on Name Clash

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

CapnKirk writes "Ann Harrison weighs in on the "Firebird--database or browser?" name clash. Her take on things: our users feel threatened. We're responding to their concerns. AOL lawyers said it's ok, so the Mozilla team isn't interested in negotiating, but that's ok because we've gotten a lot of publicity and name recognition. And no, we don't plan on going to court." As always, a small group of users are being real asses about the whole thing. Yay.

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  1. New Names by benntop · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would be satisfied if Mozilla's new name was just "Not Internet Explorer".

    Methinks even more people would want to use it too.

    Using Not Internet Explorer 1.3...

    1. Re:New Names by Kaz+Riprock · · Score: 5, Funny

      But then we'd all have browsers that say "NIE!"....and there'd be the shrubbery....

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    2. Re:New Names by quantaman · · Score: 5, Funny

      I would be satisfied if Mozilla's new name was just "Not Internet Explorer".
      More like

      "I can't believe it's not Internet Explorer!" ...

      okay fortunatly I can believe it's not IE which is why I use it, and yes I do deserve to be savagely beaten for that pathetic attempt at humor, ahh well I only need to decieve 3 people...

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    3. Re:New Names by timmyf2371 · · Score: 5, Funny

      My mother refuses to use Mozilla on her box, so I downloaded the IE theme - work's a treat.

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  2. Which is more similar? by cperciva · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which pair is more similar, a web browser and a database, or a web browser and a BIOS?

    It seems to me that this name change had nothing to do with trademark law or avoiding confusion, and everything to do with who has the most lawyers.

    Personally, I think that the Firebird database should be renamed the Mozilla database... because, hey, Mozilla's own lawyers (ok, AOL's lawyers, presumably) have obviously decided that nobody will ever be confused between a web browser and a database.

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  3. Re:Firebird: Car! by elh102 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry to disappoint you, but Pontiac doesn't make the Firebird OR the Firebird Trans-Am anymore. Somewhere, David Hasselhof and Burt Reynolds are quietly weeping, mourning the passage of their valiant steeds.

    2002 was the last model year any of these cars were built. The same goes for the Chevy Camaro.

  4. Re:This'll teach em by lactose99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe we should call the new lightweight Moz browser Pinto.

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  5. Phoenix's New Name is an Acronym by sethadam1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Few people realize that the Phoenix browser's new name is an acronym:

    Firebird: I Renamed Everrbody's Browser Into a Relational Database