Richter wrote:
>
> Alexander wrote:
>
> > General question:
> >
> > Why the name of this tool is "mozilla", where it derives from?
> > And how to pronounce it correctly:
> > "mot-zil-r", but is it a "native" trunscription?
> > or - this word looks like more indian or spanish - "mo-zi-ya"?
> > or .. ".."?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
> Here's another good starting point for general info:
> http://www.gerbilbox.com/newzilla/
>
> (Nothing wrong with the other posts - only rephrased and expanded)
> When the first Netscape browser was developed, it was based on a
> web browser called Mosaic. But the new browser, though it was a
> mutant version of Mosaic, was bigger, faster and stronger. In short,
> the new program was a 'Mo'saic God'zilla'. And so Mozilla was
> born. But Netcape Navigator was the name of the product.
>
> When it was decided to start the next generation as an open
> source product, there had to be a way to seperate it from the
> company (Netscape). So the Mozilla name was spun-off to stand
> on its own. Netscape 6+ is based on Mozilla.
>
> To confuse things more, today you have four Mozillas:
> Mozilla - the code name
> Mozilla - the mascot
> Mozilla - the organization (mozilla.org)
> Mozilla - the browser
>
> Gus
No one has mentioned that when Netscape was founded, it was called
Mosaic Communications, Corporation. NCSA objected in that they sold
licenses to Mosaic under that name and had a prior claim. Mosaic
Communications had to change its name and there were two main proposals
which were Netscape Communications and Mozilla Communications. The
latter was an engineering proposal. The history from there is obvious.
The name became Netscape Communications and engineering kept Mozilla as
more than a pet name. Back around Navigator 1.0, Mozilla was very
familiar on Netscape advertising and netscape published information. The
familiar green lizard slowly disappeared from view but stayed alive in
engineering. Read the README file for all UNIX versions going back to
the start to know Mozilla.
Chuck
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... The times have been,
That, when the brains were out,
the man would die. ... Macbeth
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