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* A: They're now known as Thunderbird and Camino, respectively. This was because of a similar name/branding issue as above.
* A: They're now known as Thunderbird and Camino, respectively. This was because of a similar name/branding issue as above.


* <strong>Q: What's the difference between the Mozilla Application Suite and Firefox/Thunderbird[http://www.nvu.com/ Nvu]/etc.?</strong>
* <strong>Q: What's the difference between the Mozilla Application Suite and Firefox/Thunderbird/[http://www.nvu.com/ Nvu]/etc.?</strong>
* A: See [[Intro : Summary|the summary of this issue]].
* A: See [[Intro : Summary|the summary of this issue]].



Revision as of 01:01, 12 February 2004

  • Q: Are Mozilla products free?
  • A: Yes! All products by the Mozilla Foundation, i.e. Mozilla suite, Firefox, Thunderbird, Camino and Bugzilla are totally gratis and open source.
  • Q: What happened with Phoenix and Mozilla Firebird?
  • A: They are now known as Firefox. Originally called Phoenix, the light weight browser brother of the Mozilla suite had to change its name and after many suggestions the Firebird name was chosen. There existed however an open source database called Firebird and to avoid confusion the Mozilla Firebird name was dropped and the browser was renamed Firefox.
  • Q: What about Minotaur and Chimera?
  • A: They're now known as Thunderbird and Camino, respectively. This was because of a similar name/branding issue as above.
  • Q: What is Seamonkey?
  • A: A code name for the Mozilla Suite. Don't worry. This name is used very infrequently.
  • Q: What is Gecko?
  • A: The rendering engine for Mozilla. It's largest feature is the outstanding standards support. But, again, don't worry. This term is not used much in Mozilla discussion, although it is handy to know.