>>>In addition there was no serious effort to alert the Firebird
>>>database crowd to this decision. Probably because the objections
>>>were anticipated.
>>
>>What makes you write the last sentence? It's false, but I'm
>>interested.
>
> It is not false. Nobody from Mozilla contacted us. Is somebody lying to you?

Helen - I am begining to belive the line that NOBODY at
Mozilla bothered to do a search for problems. They were all
looking in simple 'legal' terms.

A search for 'Firebird Browser' used to produces some
interesting hits. A lot of crap - yes - but as far as I am
concerned Google is crap anyway, but we live with it. Now of
cause it highlights the problem <g>

From a Mozilla supporter site
http://www.bengoodger.com/software/mb/faq.shtml
----
Q: Don't Firebird™ Browser and Firebird DB share the same
target audience?

No. The Firebird™ Browser is intended as a mass market
browser. It is not a developer centric geek-fest like
Mozilla. Your average Firebird™ Browser user, whether they
be novice, intermediate or advanced, will likely not
regularly use the Firebird DB. Thus, levels of overlap and
confusion are likely to be statistically insignificant
----

Brendan - We may be 'statistically insignificant' but a
growing number of large established companies that
traditionally used Interbase are switching. If Mozilla wants
to get onto those desktops, then we are the encumbants - if
their support engineers have poroblems, the corporate data
takes priority.

*I* am just approaching the end of a SIX MONTH push to get
Firebird accepted as a serious alternative to SQLServer for
a multi-million pound contract. I don't need this sort of
agro just now! I can just see the meeting next week -
Firebird - isn't that just a browser? Monzillazine have
pushed THAT everywhere.

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Lester Caine
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