Mozilla holds 'fire' in naming fight

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Go away troller...: The Firebird DB people are hardly paragons of virtue; they chose their name despite its prior use for a BBS package, mortgage software, etc. When Mozilla decided to use Firebird (after AOL lawyers gave their stamp of approval--so much for your ignorant rant), the Firebird DB people started a spamming campaign against Mozilla personnel that apparently was a calculated publicity stunt. (Was their database not sufficient to gain them notice?) Because of that, BTW, I will never use or recommend Firebird DBMS; I don't do business with spammers.

If you had any familiarity with the web at all, you'd know that Mozilla conforms with W3C standards (as opposed to IE, which is notorious for deviations from that standard that it's not clear will ever be corrected). Write when you get a clue, OK?; Posted by: troutmaskreplica Posted on: 02/09/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Mozilla and OpenOffice JWatson77 | 02/09/04

Re: Mozilla and OO Christian_<>< | 02/09/04

If Mozilla is so bad... B.O.F.H. | 02/09/04

I'll take a stab at it. Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/09/04

They're not! ShadeTree | 02/10/04

re: They're not! B.O.F.H. | 02/10/04

"The browser does not work with a lot of websites" IT_User | 02/09/04

I bet I know. Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/09/04

LOL Suicida| | 02/09/04

grrrrr leiam | 02/09/04

requirements leiam | 02/09/04

Dont forget Suicida| | 02/09/04

Troll... NWOR doe_z | 02/09/04

Why bother with a reply? skeptic tank | 02/09/04

Message has been deleted. dicktaurus@... | 02/09/04

Tell you what, then... troutmaskreplica | 02/09/04

Oh, what... Yen_z | 02/09/04

Oh, ye... IT_User | 02/10/04

DARN that Google. Yen_z | 02/10/04

Hmm... Suicida| | 02/09/04

BS Suicida| | 02/09/04

FUD CobraA1 | 02/10/04

Obviously you haven't used Mozzila then voska | 02/10/04

You're absolutely right IT_User | 02/09/04

Its called 'respect' something the Free Software people do NOT have Christian_<>< | 02/09/04

Beg pardon? John L. Ries | 02/09/04

Re: pardon Christian_<>< | 02/09/04

I said no such thing John L. Ries | 02/09/04

might even be good leiam | 02/09/04

just the same in-DUH-vidual | 02/09/04

O_o leiam | 02/09/04

Yeah such junk nucrash | 02/09/04

Re: NO one uses it, so how could there be problems Christian_<>< | 02/09/04

umm... leiam | 02/09/04

How many users? The-Bytemaster | 02/10/04

55% of Websites hits are from Mozzilla voska | 02/10/04

55% of what website hits? IT_User | 02/10/04

It is called michael-t | 02/09/04

You're one to talk. Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/09/04

Go away troller... troutmaskreplica | 02/09/04

Stop whining; go see your mommy, twerp.(NT) dicktaurus@... | 02/09/04

Self description eh? souther_ (nt) Update victim | 02/10/04

Firefox 0.8 Joe Blow_z | 02/09/04

What??? Fred Fredrickson | 02/09/04

you can leiam | 02/09/04

What browser did you download -- Not Firefox! The-Bytemaster | 02/10/04

Whatever you have, it's defnitely not Firefox! CobraA1 | 02/10/04

I think it must be a bug on the 1st run after installation gath | 02/10/04

that's odd CobraA1 | 02/10/04

I think you broke IE and prong@... | 02/10/04

Message has been deleted. Christian_<>< | 02/09/04

You run Linux? OhMyGosh | 02/09/04

Re: linux Christian_<>< | 02/09/04

What are you talking about copygod74 | 02/09/04

IE is the CORPORATE standard? IT_User | 02/09/04

Yeah, you know... Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/09/04

IE isn't W3C compliant! CobraA1 | 02/10/04

The corporate standard for hackers tekace4 | 02/10/04

linux and mozilla Louis Ross Focke | 02/10/04

basic buttons??? leiam | 02/09/04

So Very True... in-DUH-vidual | 02/09/04

uhhh leiam | 02/09/04

Chill Dude in-DUH-vidual | 02/09/04

Maturity michael-t | 02/09/04

Firefox is back to basics tekace4 | 02/10/04

LOL CobraA1 | 02/10/04

Hey souther_pride ... MeadMkr | 02/10/04

inform moderator instead Nullifidian | 02/10/04

Well, this proves... BitTwiddler | 02/10/04

He's flipped my bozo bit, too. can we ignore him? DanIelWalker_z | 02/10/04

Firefox = Flaming terds JohnW_z | 02/10/04

Perhaps you should get a child of 3 to help you then! B.O.F.H. | 02/10/04

This will be a moot point next year John L. Ries | 02/09/04

only if only... leiam | 02/09/04

They should have called it "Nuclear Frog." Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/09/04

try writing a song leiam | 02/09/04

thats close to... in-DUH-vidual | 02/09/04

english leiam | 02/09/04

all languages in-DUH-vidual | 02/09/04

nah leiam | 02/10/04

Clint Eastwood next in trademark dispute? chrichton99 | 02/09/04

Yeah, Martin Marvinski | 02/09/04

No, but Craig Thomas might be. Fred Fredrickson | 02/10/04

Just remember: "Think in Russian" DanIelWalker_z | 02/10/04

Confusion. vdraken | 02/10/04

Re: souther_pride Martin Marvinski | 02/09/04

life of the party in-DUH-vidual | 02/09/04

Unfortunately... BitTwiddler | 02/10/04

Re: pics Suicida| | 02/09/04

you should try leiam | 02/10/04

Yeah, he's trolling ...... and firebird looks nice, but el1jones | 02/10/04

I agree Mack DaNife | 02/10/04

WOW bhanes@... | 02/10/04

so... There are several princessangry | 02/10/04

A typical junkware pa2004 | 02/10/04

Well, it works IT_User | 02/10/04

Atypical junkware - indeed! Fred Fredrickson | 02/10/04

well... leiam | 02/10/04

As a matter of fact ... pa2004 | 02/10/04

no one can... leiam | 02/10/04

Netscape or Mosaic? IT_User | 02/10/04

IE has tabbed browsing?! el1jones | 02/10/04

opera leiam | 02/10/04

oh... Thanks(nt) el1jones | 02/10/04

I installed it and it works voska | 02/10/04

eating away at ms market share???? civilised | 02/10/04

Hmmmmm. bhanes@... | 02/10/04

mozilla probably best software i've ever used myxner | 02/11/04

Why don't you try it first z_darius@... | 02/12/04

Who actually needs this? vdraken | 02/10/04

I have the same uncertainty IT_User | 02/10/04

Its something new to try! Nullifidian | 02/10/04

Browser only... nothing to get in the way. The-Bytemaster | 02/10/04

Speed boxmonkey | 02/10/04

putting off upgrading isn't always best leiam | 02/11/04

Just moved another client from IE to Mozilla. Yen_z | 02/10/04

A common trend Nullifidian | 02/10/04

How hard can picking an original name be? SteveProgrammer | 02/10/04

it may be really hard z_darius@... | 02/12/04

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