Well, the next version of the Mozilla Foundation's stand-alone browser is out, and with it, a name change (again)!
Mozilla Firebird is now known as Mozilla FireFox. Long live respect for fellow OSS projects. From the Mozilla Foundation's webpage:
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Why change the name?
To avoid overlap. The colloquial name "Firebird" is also in use by another open source project. While we don't believe our use of the Firebird name infringed on their trademark, we wanted to be responsive to the concerns of fellow open source developers.
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Will this name be permanent?
We sure hope so. We've learned a lot about choosing names in the past year (more than we would have liked to). We have been very careful in researching the name to ensure that we will not have any problems down the road. We have begun the process of registering our new trademark with the US Patent and Trademark office.
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So, it looks like they've settled on a name that is good AND doesn't conflict with anything. Pretty awesome news, and I love the new logo too.
Anyways, I'm going to install FireFox 0.8 now and check it out. I'll be back with initial reactions.
Oh yeah, for those interested:
Mozilla Firefox - Brand Name FAQ:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/fire...-name-faq.html
Press Release:
http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-02-09.html
And as a side note, Thunderbird 0.5 was released today too.