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Firebird Database Project Admin on Name Clash
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.
Well.. it is.
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There is no harm caused by a web browser using the same name as a database. There have always been things with the same name, but different markets. WHO CARES! The only reason I can see for all of this whining is publicity. As mentioned, there is no such thing as bad publicity...
Huh? What do you think Linux users are? You are a small group of users, compared to Windows users. You are just being asses by not wanting to use Windows.
Give me a break. What would you say if Microsoft released "Microsoft Linux", or "Microsoft BSD", or "Red Hat Windows"?
A small group of users picking on an even smaller group of users.
... And during this whole fiasco, Bill Gates is laughing and rolling around Microsoft Headquarters in hysterical fits as the Open Source community does his dirty work for him unwittingly by fighting and dragging each other down into the mud, while Microsoft(TM) and Internet Explorer shine ever so brightly.
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde