Subject | Re: lets rename Firebird to MozillaSQL (at least for a while) |
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Author | z_darius |
Post date | 2003-04-22T21:05:44Z |
Where can I vote? May I cast two votes?
Btw. I think that the word mozilla could be deffended as a common
word with prior use and all that.
"mozo" in Spanish means - handsome, young, or waiter.
"-illo" or "-illa" suffixes are used to denote diminutive forms for
male and female nouns respectively. Therefore "mozilla" is not an
invented word but it has a meaning close to "little handsome one" or
"little young one". Than meaning and that word predates mozilla.ord by
at least hundrunds of years.
--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, "hkrosing" <hannu@k...>
wrote:
Btw. I think that the word mozilla could be deffended as a common
word with prior use and all that.
"mozo" in Spanish means - handsome, young, or waiter.
"-illo" or "-illa" suffixes are used to denote diminutive forms for
male and female nouns respectively. Therefore "mozilla" is not an
invented word but it has a meaning close to "little handsome one" or
"little young one". Than meaning and that word predates mozilla.ord by
at least hundrunds of years.
--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, "hkrosing" <hannu@k...>
wrote:
> I guess a name change is in order in light of recent events.nobody
>
> I propose that the Firebird DB name change to MozillaSQL should be
> announced for the following reasons:
>
> 1. We can reuse the work of the AOL lawyers in determining that
> would confuse Firebird (the Browser) with Firebird (the Database).The
> same should apply for Mozilla.their
>
> 2. It would be esier to get funding for projects with Mozilla in
> name.than
>
> 3. The icons of Mozilla and 'DB formely known as Firebird' are
> 'compatible'
>
> 4. Renaming Firebird to Fallus would be lame.
>
> 5. Renaming Firebird to 'Firebird the MozillaSQL' is much cooler.
>
>
> BTW, I honestly think that this strategy would be more effective
> spam wars.