Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by chrisseaton on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:24PM
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I don’t think Gozilla is anything to do with Mozilla is it?
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> The project took its name, "Mozilla", after the original code name of the Netscape Navigator browser — a portmanteau of "Mosaic and Godzilla".
Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by chrisseaton on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:51PM
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Yeah I know that... but what does this have to do with Gozilla? I don’t think Gozilla has ever been a Mozilla or Netscape product. The names are similar but they’re unrelated.
Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by aesh2Xa1 on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:04PM
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The only relationship between "Godzilla" and "Mozilla" is that portmanteau.
I think the OP's sentiment was that the name "Godzilla," is awesome and it would elate him to donate for the name alone.
Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by chrisseaton on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:07PM
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I think you’re possibly misreading - they said ‘Gozilla’ not ‘Godzilla’.
Gozilla is proprietary networking software, nothing to do with Mozilla. So Mozilla can’t fork Gozilla.
Godzilla is a monster character and where Mozilla gets its name.
Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by thesuperbigfrog on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:35PM
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Well, Mozilla did use a red tyrannosaurus rex logo for a while:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_(mascot)#/media/File:M...
I am not sure if that qualifies as an aspiration to be a predator.