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oldschool

Feb 19, 2004, 10:14 PM

My brother was just wondering when Mac OS X 10.4 Mountain Lion, and OS 10.5 Kitty were coming out.

cubist

Feb 19, 2004, 10:26 PM

Actually, I thought I read somewhere that Lion was the name for 10.4.

Mountain Lion is the same as a Puma or Cougar, that was 10.0 IIRC.

"Kitty" would be a little nonspecific. 10.5 Domestic Shorthair?

Krizoitz

Feb 19, 2004, 11:01 PM

There is still Tiger, Leopard, Bobcat, Serval, Caracal, and of course Lynx, but that probably sounds too much like Linux, and they might not use it unless they do some sort of Linux/Unix fusion.

sparks9

Feb 20, 2004, 06:34 AM

I read somewhere that 10.4 is called Lynx. I may be wrong tho.

rdowns

Feb 20, 2004, 06:43 AM

Since the cat is out of the bag, I can tell you about OS X for x86 processors, code name *****.

edit: damn filters ruin a great joke. (p*ssy)

whooleytoo

Feb 20, 2004, 07:57 AM

Originally posted by sparks9
I read somewhere that 10.4 is called Lynx. I may be wrong tho.

Lynx is the name of a popular deodorant over here, I'm not sure that's a great name.. :)

virividox

Feb 20, 2004, 08:22 AM

tigger!!!

Finiksa

Feb 20, 2004, 09:32 AM

Originally posted by virividox
tigger!!!

That was OS X 10.2 Server.

whooleytoo

Feb 20, 2004, 10:06 AM

Originally posted by virividox
tigger!!!

Sylvester?

Pink Panther?

virividox

Feb 20, 2004, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by Finiksa
That was OS X 10.2 Server.

really? i didnt know that :( oh well are you sure they used TIGGER and not TIGER

SiliconAddict

Feb 20, 2004, 10:51 AM

What was Apple thinking with not registering Ocelot?!?! It sort of rolllllllllllllls off the tongue. OS X Ocelot. However invaribly Jobs would slauter the name as his Jagwire reference. UGH.

What would be cool is if the version of OS X that comes out before Longhorn is called Sabertooth. :)

I hope that whenever MOS is upgraded they will maintain the feline names. It just sounds cool. Or if nothing else with OS 11 they call it

OS XI: "MS @$$ Beater" Edition
OS XI.1: "MS Dominatrix" Edition
OS XI.2: "Oh god Microsoft is going down" Edition
OS XI.3: "[insert snappy name here]" Edition
OS XI.4: "DAMN THAT'S SOME GOOD ******!" Edition
OS XI.5: "Marauder" Edition
OS XI.6: "MS ain't got nothing on us." Edition
OS XI.7: "Virus free edition"
OS XI.8: "Copy THIS Microsoft!" Edition
OS XI.9: "Prelude" Edition

OS XII: [Infinity Symbol]

SiliconAddict

Feb 20, 2004, 10:53 AM

Ya know. I like that idea a lot:

OS XII: [Infinity Symbol]

Sort of a slap in the face of those that think Apple is dieing.

caveman_uk

Feb 20, 2004, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by SiliconAddict
What was Apple thinking with not registering Ocelot?!?! It sort of rolllllllllllllls off the tongue.
Damn, I was gonna suggest Ocelot!;)

It's quite an attractive animal (http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/ocelot.htm)

Doraemon

Mar 17, 2004, 05:42 AM

oh well are you sure they used TIGGER and not TIGER

Yep. See this list (http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=tam&page=codenames&subpage=software)

aswitcher

Mar 17, 2004, 05:50 AM

My brother was just wondering when Mac OS X 10.4 Mountain Lion, and OS 10.5 Kitty were coming out.

I thought Tiger was next...

superbovine

Mar 17, 2004, 01:17 PM

personally they should go with os x garfield or os x pookie, IMHOP.
i think os x bovine would be the best then everyone mooing their macs.

MacFan26

Mar 17, 2004, 02:07 PM

I hope they stick with the cat names, especially since it's so funny to hear Steve Jobs go through the list at all of the keynotes. "Well we started with..."

Duff-Man

Mar 17, 2004, 02:22 PM

Duff-Man says....while I like the sound of "lynx" I wonder if it maybe will sound a bit too much like "linux"...so how about - "fat domestic tabby" - oh yeah!

superbovine

Mar 17, 2004, 03:09 PM

Duff-Man says....while I like the sound of "lynx" I wonder if it maybe will sound a bit too much like "linux"...so how about - "fat domestic tabby" - oh yeah!

speaking of which, the text web browser in unix/linux is lynx...http://lynx.browser.org/

jeremy.king

Mar 17, 2004, 03:14 PM

Garfield?

Felix?

abhishekit

Mar 17, 2004, 03:26 PM

cougar (http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/cougar.html)

stoid

Mar 17, 2004, 03:33 PM

What would be cool is if the version of OS X that comes out before Longhorn is called Sabertooth.

I don't know if naming an OS that the media often sees as a dying system after an extinct cat is really the best idea. ;)

How about Bastet (http://catgifts.com/p7853.htm)

ecche

Mar 17, 2004, 03:57 PM

10.9.9.9. -> FELINE ETERNAL

(or should they quit the silly cats and just give it a good old-fashioned name like 'Beauregard'?)

MacsRgr8

Mar 17, 2004, 04:54 PM

I don't know if naming an OS that the media often sees as a dying system after an extinct cat is really the best idea. ;)

How about Bastet (http://catgifts.com/p7853.htm)

"Bastet" would be Steve himself :D

Les Kern

Mar 17, 2004, 05:10 PM

XI: Bert Lahr
XII: Snowball
XIII: Julie Newmar
XIV: Smelly Cat

jimsowden

Mar 17, 2004, 06:08 PM

dukemeiser

Mar 17, 2004, 11:03 PM

How about "Tom?" (as in Tom and Jerry);)

stoid

Mar 17, 2004, 11:41 PM

I think cheetah and tiger and possibly lynx are the only real possibilities.
In addition, macworld says Lynx is the winner, http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=6866 and I think apple will drop the official cat name thing all togeather. It only started in Jaguar.

10.0 was Cheetah
10.1 was Puma

They just didn't advertise the cat naming system until 10.2 to help people easily discern between system versions.