Mac OS X 10.6 Cougar.

[thecritix]

Just wanna be first to make that call :)
x

[Me1000]

I dont think you're the first!
:eek:

[twistedlegato]

Really with todays internet fads it should be.

Mac OS X 10.6 lolcat

Im inz ur OS fixxingz ur bugz

:D

Sorry, I had to!

[psychofreak]

I dont think you're the first!
:eek:

Or the last...whenever something like this comes up, this pic comes to mind:

http://www.blojsom.com/resources/david/liger.jpg

[Mal]

The real question is, what's going to be new in Cougar? And I agree, Cougar sounds like an appropriate name for the new OS (I think you're probably not the first to suggest it though, although it's possible).

I'm thinking a touch interface will make it's debut in 10.6 (not that the current interface can't be used with a touch-screen, but I'm referring to a new interface designed specifically for touch, and that would almost certainly mean multi-touch too, in whatever form it has taken by that point). That could bring with it a whole host of new features.

jW

[psychofreak]

The real question is, what's going to be new in Cougar? And I agree, Cougar sounds like an appropriate name for the new OS (I think you're probably not the first to suggest it though, although it's possible).

I'm thinking a touch interface will make it's debut in 10.6 (not that the current interface can't be used with a touch-screen, but I'm referring to a new interface designed specifically for touch, and that would almost certainly mean multi-touch too, in whatever form it has taken by that point). That could bring with it a whole host of new features.

jW

I definitely agree, especially with what SJ recently said in an interview, however I think that the mouse and keyboard will continue for a long while yet at Apple...

[twoodcc]

yeah, the question is when will we have an iPhone screen on a macbook?

[aquanutz]

My vote goes for the Lolcat edition.

[Mykbibby]

Max OS Touch 10.6

Coyote...

[compuguy1088]

My vote goes for the Lolcat edition.

Same here! We need more LOLcats :D

[DHagan4755]

Mac OS X v.10.6 "Lion"

[iJawn108]

OSX 10.6 Lynx (its one they own the rights to)

[psychofreak]

OSX 10.6 Lynx (its one they own the rights to)

They have rights on Lynx and Cougar...they could get more in time for 10.6 though...

[ChrisA]

The real question is, what's going to be new in Cougar?

1) ZFS will finally be the default file system
2) There will be no more drive icons on the desktop
there will just be one file system. Actually we have this now it is only a matter of presentation.
3) Sun's Scot McNeilly quote will come true but on Mac OS X "The network is the computer" In simple terms your desktop and files will follow you to whatever Mac you log into.

Notice how much of Sun's technology is already adopted? Why not the above three items in the next Mac OS?

So, when you add a hard drive it just gits chucked into the "storage pool". When you buy another computer and network it, it gets added to the pool of compute servers that are available to run processes and provides one more screen and keyboard that you can use to log into the network. None of this is rocket science. We almost have it now, just need apple to make it easy for the masses to understand and use.

[zepharus]

Max OS Touch 10.6

Coyote...

actually in the wolf/dog family.....

[ghall]

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Max OS Touch 10.6

Coyote...

actually in the wolf/dog family.....

They can move onto dogs. That would be really cool!

[Ariez]

10.6 Feline.

[MrMoore]

Just wanna be first to make that call :)
x


I thought it was going to called Mac OS X 10.6 Kitty ;)

[PatrickRolfsen]

It's CONFIRMED- the guy at the apple store TOLD ME

The next 3 names will be:

Mac OS X 10.6 Lion

Mac OS X 10.7 Bobcat

Mac OS X 10.8 Goat

:apple::D

[michaelrjohnson]

Just for posterity:

Mac OS X 10.0 - Cheetah
Mac OS X 10.1 - Puma
Mac OS X 10.2 - Jaguar
Mac OS X 10.3 - Panther
Mac OS X 10.4 - Tiger
Mac OS X 10.5 - Leopard

[synth3tik]

10.6 Feral Cat

OS X becomes street wise.....

[Veri]

So, when you add a hard drive it just gits chucked into the "storage pool". When you buy another computer and network it, it gets added to the pool of compute servers that are available to run processes and provides one more screen and keyboard that you can use to log into the network. None of this is rocket science. We almost have it now, just need apple to make it easy for the masses to understand and use.

While it's true that we've seen good ol' clustering and utility computing, for which we nod our heads to the DEC and IBM of 20-40 years ago, appear in the new buzzword that is "cloud computing", there is no sign that this tech is going to extend to the desktop.

To begin, the Googles of this world want your data on their servers, and that means "web apps" - giving out compute time/storage in return for dollars or adverts; you get to access anything from anywhere because nothing is local. We return to the dumb terminals of yore - and that was McNealy's dream. The Internet has transformed radically from the notion of a network of peers to a few huge corps providing services while most people are forced to sit behind NAT firewalls; clear producer/consumer separation is just the way corps like it - for all the "people power" of blogging/social networking, it all ends up being hosted on half a dozen sites.

But let's consider something more peer-to-peerish than what's actually happened/happening. Initial thoughts:

Distributed processing is useless without, well, something to process, and most of what people do outside of research is very I/O-bound. Xgrid is already there under OS X for all desktops in your org to get to work at that rendering, if you want to do things that way.
Reliability/security. People generally trust their own machine. They also trust (for better or worse) some centrally managed organisation. They (rightly) don't trust "any machine with spare space/cycles". Of course, we can set up boundaries for "how far data can spread" and "where data must be physically present, even if it's also placed elsewhere for processing". But contrary to what Microsoft seemed to hope back in NT4 days, security is not compatible with zero-administration.
Homogeneity. Hive mind functionality needs to be built pretty low into the OS for efficiency, unless you create some horrible cross-platform VM. You start bouncing threads between machines, and you're going to need a uniform model. So at some point you're going to need to break out into a higher level representation of I/O for compatibility with foreign machines. But this is just what I described above - except that all end user machines count as "foreign", with the processing happening at some remote centre.


Anyway, assuming Apple was interested in something like this, I guess it would be Xgrid plus ZFS with.. erm... a Plan 9 type every-device-etc-is-a-universally-accessible-file for global I/O, would be nice. Attach/detach processes to/from terminals at will, etc. Helloooo Display Postscript with your thank-goodness-something-more-high-level-than-X-Window representation, where have you gone ;-).

As you say, it's not that comp sci and engineering don't have the ideas and tech to form a Borg collective out of every computer on the planet.. it's just that you need a Soviet 5 year plan to pull it off, and at the end you haven't actually profitably (in the $ sense) solved any particular problem. As hinted above, selling something like "A zero administration environment with plug-in scalability!(SM)" is very optimistic - well, selling it thus honestly is optimistic ;-).

So, it's more likely we'll see what you're describing in the data centre (witness what Cisco is messing about with), with the desktop/laptop maybe being reduced to smart cache as far as general office stuff goes - if Google has its way. Though Adobe etc seem to be jumping on this bandwagon now, they did make that "Webification of everything in 10 years" announcement at the Web 2.0 buzzword conference, so *who knows*. It'd certainly make it easier to charge monthly service fees instead of having anyone own a product.

Hmmm, this random topic-drifting thinkaloud brought to you by a combination of 4:30am and someone singing Louis Armstrong downstairs.. must sleep now.

[ebel3003]

Bobcat. That is all.

[CRAZYBUBBA]

Just wanna be first to make that call :)
x

Apple trademerked cougar and lnyx in the panther days, so you're not the first.

There is alsospeculation that they will not use lynx because of linux.

If I could name one it would be OSX "Kitty Pie", "Kitty puff" or "housecat", housecat of course being a stolen idea.

[lord patton]

Veri, I have no idea what the hell you're talking about... I like it though.

Can't take credit for it, but the best suggested nickname for 10.6 I've read on these boards is... "Cheshire"

[Agathon]

Cougar?

Now there's a word with interesting connotations.

A picture of Jennifer Coolidge on the front would do nicely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janine_Stifler

[CalBoy]

Just for posterity:

Mac OS X 10.0 - Cheetah
Mac OS X 10.1 - Puma
Mac OS X 10.2 - Jaguar
Mac OS X 10.3 - Panther
Mac OS X 10.4 - Tiger
Mac OS X 10.5 - Leopard

Interesting note, but the only two species of large cat this is not yet a part of this list is Lion and Lynx (cougars are technically pumas, as are mountain lions).

However, we might see Apple abandon the large cat names after Leopard (they will get tired at some point). Or, Apple might take it to 10.6, and then move on to the much anticipated OS 11!:p

[philbeeney]

The term Cougar has a different meaning up here. I don't know how well that would go down.

Cougar (http://www.nerve.com/dispatches/murnighan/cougar/)

[psychofreak]

Interesting note, but the only two species of large cat this is not yet a part of this list is Lion and Lynx (cougars are technically pumas, as are mountain lions).

However, we might see Apple abandon the large cat names after Leopard (they will get tired at some point). Or, Apple might take it to 10.6, and then move on to the much anticipated OS 11!:p

With so many people calling OS Ten "OS Ex", OS Eleven is gonna sound so bad...I reckon they'll change the system...

[CalBoy]

With so many people calling OS Ten "OS Ex", OS Eleven is gonna sound so bad...I reckon they'll change the system...

I think so too. I wonder what creatures the next OS will be based off of...fish? insects? birds?:p

[bailey35mm]

With so many people calling OS Ten "OS Ex", OS Eleven is gonna sound so bad...I reckon they'll change the system...

After OS IX comes out, I'll be listening for people calling it OS "Eye Ex."

[CalBoy]

After OS IX comes out, I'll be listening for people calling it OS "Eye Ex."

Did someone forget their Roman Numerals?

IV=4
IX=9

We are currently at X, which equals 10.

The next OS I'm looking forward to is OS 30...though the children will have to stay home for that premier party.:p

[macboy62]

10.6 Hello Kitty?

[uicandrew]

this is old news.

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/03/10/where-os-x-big-cat-code-names-really-come-from/


this story was posted a while back on TUAW

com'on guys. research before you post instead of filling up the forums with old stuff

[bailey35mm]

Did someone forget their Roman Numerals?

IV=4
IX=9

We are currently at X, which equals 10.

The next OS I'm looking forward to is OS 30...though the children will have to stay home for that premier party.:p

Yeah, sorry about the slip up with my keyboard, I'll make sure to point out every mistake you make and fix within 10 seconds. I was simply typing too fast and clicked 2 keys over. All is well.

[bailey35mm]

What was your point in any case? You used the correct letters and the future tense, but the OSs you mentioned are old. I assumed you were trying to point out some syllabic humor, but I think you mixed up your letters.

Excuse me. XI. I was playing off of a point someone else made. Thank you so so much for pointing out my error in typing as I hurry to rush off to work.

[xsedrinam]

The term Cougar has a different meaning up here. I don't know how well that would go down....
I don't see that happening, either.