The problem is that most MP3 downloaders also buy a great deal of legitimate music - and most credit their downloading as the proximate cause of their increased music purchases.
And then when the record companies come along and try to stop the "evil" downloaders, it is a little galling when you know full well that without MP3 downloads you wouldn't buy one tenth as much as you do.
Personally, I sort of hope the record companies do manage to stop all downloading - then they will go into the toilet that much sooner.
What we really need is for the Mozilla/Phoenix/Firebird team to distribute a simple utility that will change all mention of the browser's name to whatever the user wants to call it.
Then one person could keep "Phoenix" while another chooses "Firebird" and yet another selects "Salamander".
As for the distribution name, I lean in favour of "The browser formerly known as Phoenix":+)
"Also, considering the Firebird Database is an open source project, I doubt they would be able/willing to bring up a lawsuit for the name anyhow."
If we start picking whose rights to trample based on their ability to resist us legally, then we are no different from bastards who forced the Mozilla team to abandon the name "Phoenix".
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The problem is that most MP3 downloaders also buy a great deal of legitimate music - and most credit their downloading as the proximate cause of their increased music purchases.
And then when the record companies come along and try to stop the "evil" downloaders, it is a little galling when you know full well that without MP3 downloads you wouldn't buy one tenth as much as you do.
Personally, I sort of hope the record companies do manage to stop all downloading - then they will go into the toilet that much sooner.
What we really need is for the Mozilla/Phoenix/Firebird team to distribute a simple utility that will change all mention of the browser's name to whatever the user wants to call it.
Then one person could keep "Phoenix" while another chooses "Firebird" and yet another selects "Salamander".
As for the distribution name, I lean in favour of "The browser formerly known as Phoenix" :+)