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On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:27:17 +0000 (UTC) |
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Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 2007-02-25, Joe Menola <menola@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > On Sunday 25 February 2007 12:55 pm, Dan Farrell wrote: |
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> >> but 'IceWeasel' is ugly. Bon Echo is such a nice name. |
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> > I'd prefer firefox_alt or something similar. Something that tells |
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> > me what it is.... |
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> Um, if you're not allowed to use the trademarked name |
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> "firefox", then calling it "firefox_alt" is also going to be a |
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> trademark violation. |
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This reminds me of when it was called "FireBird", and then they had to |
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change the name becuase of trademark violations or something of the |
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sort. I laughed at the time, thinking how this little fledgling |
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browser was irritating the supergiants. Now it's firefox that won't |
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'share' it's name, even with what is obstensiably the same thing. It's |
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amusing. And wasn't there even another , pre'Firefox' name for the |
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browser? |
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I like the idea of calling it a blatant (but legal) ripoff, like |
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'FlameVixen' or something. |
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