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I just check something because my memory as faults... Firebird was the name of Firefox and the mail client was called something like Mozilla mail or something e
by Skywalker13 6mo ago
I just check something because my memory as faults... Firebird was the name of Firefox and the mail client was called something like Mozilla mail or something else.
- CamouflagedKiwi 6mo agoIt was originally Minotaur (when the browser was Phoenix), then they were Firebird and Thunderbird, until the browser renamed to avoid a name clash.
- Foobar8568 6mo agoI really don't remember (+quick check) Firebird for the email client, do you have source for this?
- prmoustache 6mo agoFirebird was the browser's name, after phoenix and before rebranding to firefox.
- dizhn 6mo agoFirebird was actually the database whose name they hijacked when they had access to AOL's legal army. Also K9Mail is now Thunderbird for Android.
- prmoustache 6mo agoThey didn't really hijacked anything. Firebird made sense coming from phoenix. It wasn't a good choice considering the database existed before but it wasn't really an hijack in the sense that both are significantly different product that trademarks wouldn't have clashed. It was just annoying when doing web searches (similarly to gemini the google AI product vs the protocol).
- dizhn 6mo agoIt wasn't that simple. I couldn't find Firebird's original position post but this is close enough. https://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article3097.html https://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article3097.html
- Foobar8568 6mo agoSo it wasn't used before Thunderbird, that was the point of OP and myself. We were talking about the email client(!). And I was an user of firebird, the database.
- prmoustache 6mo agoYes that is a confirmation.
- wisidisi 6mo agoPredecessor of Firefox was Firebird, and before that it was even called Phoenix. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#Name_changes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#Name_changes
- Foobar8568 6mo agoSo it wasn't used before Thunderbird, that was the point of OP and myself. We were talking about the email client(!). And I was an user of firebird, the database.
- CamouflagedKiwi 6mo agoNo, the email client was never called Firebird, that isn't what I was saying. Browser: Phoenix -> Firebird -> Firefox Mail client: Minotaur -> Thunderbird