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:internetnews.com: Debian Fights Mozilla's Fire, Thunder With 'Ice'
internetnews.com: Debian Fights Mozilla's Fire, Thunder With 'Ice'
Oct 19, 2006, 14 :15 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (6431 reads)

(Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)

"Sometimes you fight fire with fire. In this case you do it with ice.

"Neither Mozilla Firefox nor Mozilla Thunderbird are likely to be in the next Debian GNU/Linux release. Mozilla is still hoping that it can come to an agreement with Debian but at this point it seems likely that Debian users will see IceWeasel (for Firefox) and IceDove (for Thunderbird).

"The renaming comes after weeks of a sometimes bitter dispute between Mozilla and Debian about the latter's compliance with Mozilla's trademarks and usage policies for Mozilla applications..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Fighting and forking are alot easier tha ...   Silly argument - there are better things to work o   
dan
Oct 19, 2006, 14:37:23
 
This stuff began when Mozilla hired the  ...   This started when MS exec was hired   
robt
Oct 19, 2006, 16:12:40
 
The demands of the Mozilla team were "un ...   Were I Debian, I'd do the same.   
Charles Hixson
Oct 19, 2006, 16:14:59
 
What some folks don't get is, that b ...   Is there one Debian?   
Eddy Nigg
Oct 19, 2006, 16:46:17
 
Will switch distro if needed. ...   Not using IceWeasel   
Fred
Oct 19, 2006, 17:09:06
 
> Will switch distro if needed.Why would ...   Re: Not using IceWeasel   
Paul
Oct 19, 2006, 18:46:12
 
> Will switch distro if needed.This kind ...   Re: Not using IceWeasel   
Kill Bill
Oct 20, 2006, 10:20:20
 
You are free to install firefox. I expec ...   Re: Re: Not using IceWeasel   
I R A Darth Aggie
Oct 20, 2006, 16:52:13
 
Not trolling.Not extremist.Frustrated th ...   Re: Re: Not using IceWeasel   
Fred
Oct 20, 2006, 19:13:57
 
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