Firebird is not popular. Unfortunately people have refused to look at anything but the two historically free databases when, for instance, SAPDB is far more capable (I haven't had time to experiment with Firebird) The fact the Mozilla people hadn't heard about Firebird is NOT an excuse: at one point they learned the name had been taken and they refused to change, instead they try to bully the less known project. The name being in use for music, cars or oatflakes is not an argument: names are exclusive only in the same domain of activity. On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 22:48, John Haxby wrote: > Bill Anderson wrote: > > >On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 14:07, Jean Francois Martinez wrote: > > > > > >>I know only of one Firebird and it is the database. I strongly object to > >>legitimating the stealing of its name by a higher profile project who is > >>trying to bully them. > >> > >> > >> > >Well Pontiac made a car called the Firebird ... dating back to 1967. > >Which came first. ;^) > > > > > Stravisnky wrote "The Firebird" in 1910 ... > There's a band in Southampton called "Xavier Floyd Firebird" ... > The Firebird is a creature from ancient legend ... (Phoenix) ... > There's a racetack in Boise, Idaho called Firebird ... > www.firebird.net is a design company in Ireland ... > Firebird books is an imprint of Penguin Putnam Inc > (www.firebirdbook.com) ... > > The fact that two software projects happened to choose the same code > name is coincidence, it's a popular name. I hadn't heard of the > firebird database before, and I don't expect the Mozilla folks had > either, it's not exactly similar technology is it. > > jch > -- Jean Francois Martinez <jfm512@xxxxxxx>
