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Today in 2002, Phoenix 0.1 was released publicly. It was the original version of what now-popular software?



The original Phoenix 0.1 logo

September 22, 2011 By

Answer:

Firefox Web Browser. The name was changed to Firebird in 2003 following a trademark dispute with Phoenix Technologies. The name was changed again to Firefox in 2004 due to an open source database management system also called Firebird.


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