Re: Petition about the Firefox trademark problem

[Matthew Krauss <Matthew@Greenberg-Group.com>]

Mike McCarty wrote:
> Steve Lamb wrote:
> > Hans du Plooy wrote:
> > > Calling someone a weasel has never been a compliment
> >     *covers his ferrets eyes*  Hey, there's children present!  
> > Sheesh, some
> > people.
> I enjoyed that post.
>
> Well, how about "Web Ferret"? "Ferret", AFAIK, only has neutral
> connotations, and in this context, perhaps good ones (nosing around
> for information).
Freaky!  Many years ago I contemplated writing a web browser -- that was 
the name I was going to give it.  It followed naturally from having used 
Gopher before the web.  (Never got past the contemplation phase.)
> OTOH, why use a fancy name at all? How about "Debian Web Browser"?
>
> ISTM that the purpose of such fancy names has always been to
> build brand recognition and brand loyalty. Why do you feel the
> need to have such in a non-commercial product?
True.  What's more, really good names (like Web Ferret!) should be saved 
up for real separate products, not blown on umpteen different 
vendor-variants of Firefox.

Matthew