brendaneich wrote:

> Why didn't you guys do something different from s/Phoenix/Firebird/
> when you renamed, then?

Let's get one thing clear - the s/Phoenix/Firebird/ bit never happened.
We knew we would have to eventually change the name if we called the
database Phoenix so we went straight to the Anglicization of it.

For a project such as Mozilla, with all the access you have to expertise
from AOL, it surprises me greatly that you sleep-walked into this in the
first place. Why on earth did you choose the name Phoenix for a
sub-project? It certainly raised my eye-brows when I first heard of it
last year.

>
> The uproar here is out of proportion to the facts in evidence. Way
> out.

That may be how you see it. The Firebird people see it differently. We
see an important component of the Mozilla project using the Firebird
name as though it already owned it outright.

> It would help if both sides expressed some understanding. I've done
> so, belatedly and with an apology.

Your apology is accepted. And compared to the arrogance displayed by
that well-known Mozilla advocate Asa Dotzler it is quite refreshing.

> What I get back here is not reciprocal.
>

No - because quite simply you have opened a can of worms. I can
guarantee you that the Mozilla project will be dogged by this fight for
months to come. I'd go into damage limitation mode as quickly as
possible if I were you. Get an official apology to the Firebird project
out, and announce that you are dropping the Firebird name for your
light-weight browser project. It may look like you're losing face but it
is the most courageous step you can make.


Paul
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Paul Reeves
http://www.ibphoenix.com
Supporting users of Firebird and InterBase