And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling cloud of vengeance. The house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall be scorched to the earth. Their tags shall blink until the end of days.
And the beast shall be made legion. Its numbers shall be increased a thousand thousand fold. The din of a million keyboards like unto a great storm shall cover the earth, and the followers of Mammon shall tremble.
from The Book of Mozilla, 3:31
(Red Letter Edition)
中译版为:
巨兽成批而来。他们的数目成千倍的增加,键盘的喧嚣象是掀起全球性的风暴,玛门的追随者开始颤抖
---摘自 Mozilla之书,3:31
(红字版)
注:3:31这章节指的是1998年3月31日,即Netscape开放原始码的日期。“野兽变得无所不在”是指Netscape想藉着开放原始码,而吸引大量的开发者改善该软体(使“无数的键盘发出嘈杂的声音”)。“玛门”在闪语族中有财富、贪慾的意思。该字可见于英语版的圣经,有时是贪心的恶魔的名字。因此,有人认为“玛门”指的是微软。微软的Internet Explorer为当时Netscape的主要竞争者。而微软除了在雄厚的资金支持外,更贪婪地以此增加它的市场占有率。“红字版”可以是指红字版(red letter edition)的圣经,或者3月31日是Mozilla计画的“红字日”(red letter day)。
And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.Mozilla之书, 7:15
Mammon slept. And the beast reborn spread over the earth and its numbers grew legion. And they proclaimed the times and sacrificed crops unto the fire, with the cunning of foxes. And they built a new world in their own image as promised by the sacred words, and spoke of the beast with their children. Mammon awoke, and lo! it was naught but a follower.
The twins of Mammon quarrelled. Their warring plunged the world into a new darkness, and the beast abhorred the darkness. So it began to move swiftly, and grew more powerful, and went forth and multiplied. And the beasts brought fire and light to the darkness.
注:2013年1月23日,此段出现在Mozilla主干代码库中[1],并最先出现于Firefox 21(Nightly版本)。玛门双子(twins of Mammon)指苹果公司和Google的移动作业系统iOS和Android,已经垄断了移动作业系统的市场。新的黑暗(new darkness)指传统套用商店的封闭性。野兽“迅速的”移动指Firefox新的快速发布周期。不断地前进和繁衍(went forth and multiplied)指Firefox已经推出了Firefox for Android和Firefox OS以面对新的挑战[2]。15:1章节指的是Firefox OS 1.0已进入了代码冻结阶段(2013年1月15日)。
Mozilla 11:14
The Beast adopted new raiment and studied the ways of Time andSpace and Light and the Flow of energy through the Universe.From its studies, the Beast fashioned new structures from oxidisedmetal and proclaimedtheir glories. And the Beast’s followers rejoiced, finding renewed purpose in these teachings.