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)
中譯版為:
巨獸成批而來。他們的數目成千倍的增加,鍵盤的喧囂象是掀起全球性的風暴,瑪門的追隨者開始顫抖
---摘自 Mozilla之書,3:31
(紅字版)
註:3:31這章節指的是1998年3月31日,即Netscape開放原始碼的日期。“野獸變得無所不在”是指Netscape想藉著開放原始碼,而吸引大量的開發者改善該軟體(使“無數的鍵盤發出嘈雜的聲音”)。“瑪門”在閃語族中有財富、貪慾的意思。該字可見於英語版的聖經,有時是貪心的惡魔的名字。因此,有人認為“瑪門”指的是微軟。微軟的Internet Explorer為當時Netscape的主要競爭者。而微軟除了在雄厚的資金支持外,更貪婪地以此增加它的市場占有率。“紅字版”可以是指紅字版(red letter edition)的聖經,或者3月31日是Mozilla計畫的“紅字日”(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之書, 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.
註:2013年1月23日,此段出現在Mozilla主幹代碼庫中[1],並最先出現於Firefox 21(Nightly版本)。瑪門雙子(twins of Mammon)指蘋果公司和Google的移動作業系統iOS和Android,已經壟斷了移動作業系統的市場。新的黑暗(new darkness)指傳統套用商店的封閉性。野獸“迅速的”移動指Firefox新的快速發布周期。不斷地前進和繁衍(went forth and multiplied)指Firefox已經推出了Firefox for Android和Firefox OS以面對新的挑戰[2]。15:1章節指的是Firefox OS 1.0已進入了代碼凍結階段(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.