On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 03:50:58 +0000 (UTC), Helen Borrie wrote:

> ...
> Brand dilution has already occurred, even during this period of supposed
> temporary usage as a code name. Articles have been published in the
> online press, using Firebird as the browser name. We have received Admin
> email "informing" us that Mozilla already has a product named Firebird.
> You have beaten us down the hit list on Google. With hindsight, it seems
> we have simply been too patient, waiting for Moz to fix what it broke.

I've just recently read posts on the OpenOffice newsgroups where "Firebird"
was used, and it was obvious that it was not about a database, but rather a
browser. So, the name has been been connected to the browser with some
'success'.


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Aage J.