On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Robert J Munro wrote:

> Paul Reeves wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday 16 December 2003 16:41, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
> >
> >
> >>The Mozilla foundation has a lot more money than the Firebird
> >>foundataion.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Yes, but they have a lot less now that AOL have pulled the plug.
> >
> >
> >
> >>They both have similar aims (develop open source
> >>software). Why don't we offer to change our name for a good faith
> >>donation.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Let's talk figures - how much would be enough?
> >
> >
> What about matching all the foundations donations to date? I have no
> idea how much this is in money terms, but it is, by definition, a lot of
> money to the Firebird foundation. If you don't think it is enough, you
> could always donate some money to the foundation quickly, in the
> knowledge that the Mozilla will have to match it...
>
> >>We'd also get a chance to relaunce ourselves again with our new name,
> >>making at least some publicity. All the people who said "I'll never use
> >>your database because you ..." would have to reconsider, and they will
> >>rediscover us, and maybe even convert to us from MySQL.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Publicity is the last thing we need, imo.
> >
> Not sure what you mean by that. If we don't need Publicity, why do we
> need a name at all?
>
> > We already have a strong user
> >base and the user base is growing. The growth is organic and is a pace
> >that the community can handle. Changing our name now would set us back
> >considerably and I'd put the cost at more than Mozilla could afford.
> >Anyway, after being 'beaten up' by Borland, we are not going to let
> >ourselves get pushed around by anyone. We picked the Firebird name before
> >Mozilla and that the rest is history.
> >
> >
> Do you really think that many of the current "organicly grown" users
> will loose us in the name change?
>
> Robert Munro
>
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