internetnews.com: Mozilla’s Phoenix, Minotaur Get New Names

“Just weeks after proposing a major shift towards the
lightweight Phoenix its standalone default browser, the AOL-backed
Mozilla organization has announced new names for the Phoenix and
Minotaur projects.

“The Phoenix browser, launched last September to strip away
browser bloat will now be known as ‘Firebird’ and the Minotaur mail
client will adopt the ‘Thunderbird’ moniker, the open-source group
said.

“A new names were needed for Phoenix because of undisclosed
legal issues. Mozilla’s Asa Dotzler, who made the announcement on
his Weblog, said the new names were chosen ‘after months of
discussion and further months of legal investigation…'”

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