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Wave-Themed OS X Banner Goes Up at Moscone West for WWDC 2013
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Yes... that would make sense... but that isn't what the original post was implying.
I don't see how that pertains to anything I said. I wasn't discussing the name of the next OS X version.
What makes it worse is them trying to pass it off as their own idea... even though it's been said 800 times in this thread already. :\
Hmmm Microsoft already did that. And failed.
Until the day that there are no iPhones or iMacs, but just one thing that oes everything the software will never be dual. Just doesn't make sense.
They will have similar features, same frameworks but be two variations on the theme
It failed? Early days still, and Windows 8 is so nice to use I don't see how it can fail, except that there is no accounting for people.
Everyone that thought of Sea Lion ... well done
.Actually, it does matter. One is the name of the product, the other is not. But more to the point, Roman numerals are NUMERALS (that means numbers) not letters. Maybe YOU don't know how to read Roman numerals when you see them, but I don't have that problem, especially with a number as simple as ten.
When I see Roman numerals, I think and say the numbers represented, not letters, because I know what they are and how to pronounce them. Star Trek II is pronounced "Star Trek Two" not "Star Trek Eye Eye". Super Bowl XXX is "Super Bowl Thirty" not "Super Bowl Triple Ex". Letters and numbers are not always interchangeable as you suggest.
And it's not just like hexadecimal. Hexadecimal, and decimal for that matter, are both shorthand for binary, a computer language. Whether you say 0x4ab9aab or 78355115, both actually represent 100101010111001101010101011. But that is a completely different usage than what we're talking about.
Firstly, this is about what I consider to be bad branding. And secondly, Roman numerals are numbers, not letters. Having such a conversation about Roman numerals in 2013 (that's MMXIII) is ridiculous to me, not because they're rarely used, but because they're so often used and people should know what they are and how to pronounce them correctly.
Alright, I'm done poking back at you, CyBeRino. You're right. I'll calm down now.
Regarding Mac OS X, and I'm saying "Mac OS Ten" here, CyBeRino, I think HenryDJP has a point. While X, pronounced "ex", is often used in product names these days, with Mac OS it's been established since 2000 (that's MM) that the name of the operating system is pronounced "Mac OS Ten" and anyone pronouncing it "Mac OS Ex" is doing so either because the don't know any better, don't care, or are making a point to mispronounce it deliberately. Regardless, it's the wrong pronunciation and is very annoying to some of us.
And this just goes to my point that Apple should drop the X in the name altogether. When so many people arbitrarily or deliberately mispronounce the name of your product, you should seriously consider changing the name.
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ooo thanks! Could you make one where the wave covers the whole background instead of having white on the top and bottom? Thanks!
Oops I forgot. Well then they'll just call it OS 11 and whatever. The X and whatever other roman numerals are gone. Even though they still used Final Cut Pro X recently.
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I dont think the wave is anything more than a photo to represent a "new wave" of software. iOS 10.9 probably just has more iOS integration is all. So it's almost pre-OS 11 software. It could represent a feature, but Google already used wave, and I don't think there will be a feature called break, surf, ocean, or tide.
That is certainly your opinion.It failed? Early days still, and Windows 8 is so nice to use I don't see how it can fail, except that there is no accounting for people.
Everyone that thought of Sea Lion ... well done
To me, I agree with it being annoying to say it as "Ex" instead of 10, because that's very simply wrong. But what's almost as bad, if not worse, is when people call it some random thing like "iOS 10 Mountain Lion" or "iOS Lion" or something. That's just confusing the two different operating systems.Actually, it does matter. One is the name of the product, the other is not. But more to the point, Roman numerals are NUMERALS (that means numbers) not letters. Maybe YOU don't know how to read Roman numerals when you see them, but I don't have that problem, especially with a number as simple as ten.
When I see Roman numerals, I think and say the numbers represented, not letters, because I know what they are and how to pronounce them. Star Trek II is pronounced "Star Trek Two" not "Star Trek Eye Eye". Super Bowl XXX is "Super Bowl Thirty" not "Super Bowl Triple Ex". Letters and numbers are not always interchangeable as you suggest.
And it's not just like hexadecimal. Hexadecimal, and decimal for that matter, are both shorthand for binary, a computer language. Whether you say 0x4ab9aab or 78355115, both actually represent 100101010111001101010101011. But that is a completely different usage than what we're talking about.
Firstly, this is about what I consider to be bad branding. And secondly, Roman numerals are numbers, not letters. Having such a conversation about Roman numerals in 2013 (that's MMXIII) is ridiculous to me, not because they're rarely used, but because they're so often used and people should know what they are and how to pronounce them correctly.
Alright, I'm done poking back at you, CyBeRino. You're right. I'll calm down now.
Regarding Mac OS X, and I'm saying "Mac OS Ten" here, CyBeRino, I think HenryDJP has a point. While X, pronounced "ex", is often used in product names these days, with Mac OS it's been established since 2000 (that's MM) that the name of the operating system is pronounced "Mac OS Ten" and anyone pronouncing it "Mac OS Ex" is doing so either because the don't know any better, don't care, or are making a point to mispronounce it deliberately. Regardless, it's the wrong pronunciation and is very annoying to some of us.
And this just goes to my point that Apple should drop the X in the name altogether. When so many people arbitrarily or deliberately mispronounce the name of your product, you should seriously consider changing the name.
So whatever they do with the name, there will probably be people that will pronounce it wrong, so whatever Apple wants to do with OS X right now, it's likely going to happen.
Its OS/X LYNX
CNet cited internal sources. then deleted, seems somebody at apple pressed.
Apple still has another Cat as trademark registeded: Jaguar for OSX 10.10
CNet cited internal sources. then deleted, seems somebody at apple pressed.
Apple still has another Cat as trademark registeded: Jaguar for OSX 10.10
Actually, it does matter. One is the name of the product, the other is not. But more to the point, Roman numerals are NUMERALS (that means numbers) not letters. Maybe YOU don't know how to read Roman numerals when you see them, but I don't have that problem, especially with a number as simple as ten.
When I see Roman numerals, I think and say the numbers represented, not letters, because I know what they are and how to pronounce them. Star Trek II is pronounced "Star Trek Two" not "Star Trek Eye Eye". Super Bowl XXX is "Super Bowl Thirty" not "Super Bowl Triple Ex". Letters and numbers are not always interchangeable as you suggest.
And it's not just like hexadecimal. Hexadecimal, and decimal for that matter, are both shorthand for binary, a computer language. Whether you say 0x4ab9aab or 78355115, both actually represent 100101010111001101010101011. But that is a completely different usage than what we're talking about.
Firstly, this is about what I consider to be bad branding. And secondly, Roman numerals are numbers, not letters. Having such a conversation about Roman numerals in 2013 (that's MMXIII) is ridiculous to me, not because they're rarely used, but because they're so often used and people should know what they are and how to pronounce them correctly.
Alright, I'm done poking back at you, CyBeRino. You're right. I'll calm down now.
Regarding Mac OS X, and I'm saying "Mac OS Ten" here, CyBeRino, I think HenryDJP has a point. While X, pronounced "ex", is often used in product names these days, with Mac OS it's been established since 2000 (that's MM) that the name of the operating system is pronounced "Mac OS Ten" and anyone pronouncing it "Mac OS Ex" is doing so either because the don't know any better, don't care, or are making a point to mispronounce it deliberately. Regardless, it's the wrong pronunciation and is very annoying to some of us.
And this just goes to my point that Apple should drop the X in the name altogether. When so many people arbitrarily or deliberately mispronounce the name of your product, you should seriously consider changing the name.
You have no life.
You can call it whatever you want. Every employee I've ever talked to at my local Apple Store has pronounced it "O.S.Ex."
What if the wave is ACTUALLY a cover up of what "X" will be?? In other words, once the wave crashes , which looks like its about ready to, there is something behind it. Washout the old and see what's developing for the future
I could actually believe that. While everyone is in the keynote they peel back something and we see a slightly different photo when they come out.