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The Mozilla Firefox project was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as an experimental branch of the Mozilla browser. Firefox 1.0 was released on November 9, 2004, Firefox 1.5 was released on November 29, 2005, and version 2.0 was released on October 24, 2006. Firefox 3.0 was released on June 17, 2008, with version 3.5 and version 3.6 released on June 30, 2009 and January 21, 2010, respectively. Version 4.0 was released on March 22, 2011. Since the version 5.0, a rapid release cycle was put into effect, resulting in a new major version release every six weeks on Tuesday. The latest version, Firefox 42.0, was released on November 3, 2015. ==Naming== The project that became Firefox started as an experimental branch of the Mozilla Suite called ''m/b'' (or ''mozilla/browser''). After it had been sufficiently developed, binaries for public testing appeared in September 2002 under the name ''Phoenix''. This name carried the implication of the mythical firebird that rose triumphantly from the ashes of its dead predecessor, in this case from the "ashes" of Netscape Navigator after it had been killed off by Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the "First browser war". The history of the name ''Mozilla'' goes all the way back to the internal codename for the original 1994 Netscape Navigator browser, with the name meaning "Mosaic killer" and aiming to some similarity with the building-crushing Godzilla, as the company's goal was to displace NCSA Mosaic as the world's number one web browser.〔(Marc Andreessen Revealed (Bloomberg Game Changers) )〕 The name ''Mozilla'' was revived as the 1998 open sourcing spinoff organization from Netscape. The ''Phoenix'' name was kept until April 14, 2003, when it was changed because of a trademark dispute with the BIOS manufacturer, Phoenix Technologies (which produces a BIOS-based browser called Phoenix FirstWare Connect). The new name, ''Firebird'', met with mixed reactions, particularly as the Firebird database server already carried the name. In response, the Mozilla Foundation stated that the browser should always bear the name Mozilla Firebird to avoid confusion with the database software. Continuing pressure from the Firebird community forced another change, and on February 9, 2004 the project was renamed ''Mozilla Firefox'' (or ''Firefox'' for short). The name "Firefox" (a reference to the red panda)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brand Name Frequently Asked Questions )〕 was chosen for its similarity to "Firebird", but also for its uniqueness in the computing industry. To ensure that no further name changes would be necessary, the Mozilla Foundation began the process of registering ''Firefox'' as a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in December 2003. This trademark process led to a delay of several months in the release of Firefox 0.8 when the foundation discovered that Firefox had already been registered as a trademark in the UK for Charlton Company software.〔Class 09: Computer software for use in managed communications and connectivity. Class 42: Computer consultancy services; licensing and rental of computer software; design and development of computer software; maintenance, installation and up-dating of computer software; advisory services relating to computer programs and software〕 The situation was resolved when the foundation was given a license to use Charlton's European trademark. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Firefox」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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