Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Bon Echo (why?)

[Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>]

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:27:17 +0000 (UTC)
Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com> wrote:

> On 2007-02-25, Joe Menola <menola@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > On Sunday 25 February 2007 12:55 pm, Dan Farrell wrote:
> >> but 'IceWeasel' is ugly.  Bon Echo is such a nice name.  
> >
> > I'd prefer firefox_alt or something similar. Something that tells
> > me what it is....
> 
> Um, if you're not allowed to use the trademarked name
> "firefox", then calling it "firefox_alt" is also going to be a
> trademark violation.
> 
This reminds me of when it was called "FireBird", and then they had to
change the name becuase of trademark violations or something of the
sort.  I laughed at the time, thinking how this little fledgling
browser was irritating the supergiants.  Now it's firefox that won't
'share' it's name, even with what is obstensiably the same thing.  It's
amusing.  And wasn't there even another , pre'Firefox' name for the
browser?  
I like the idea of calling it a blatant (but legal) ripoff, like
'FlameVixen' or something.
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