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Apple Trademarks Lynx, Cougar, Leopard, Tiger and More...

Originally posted by SubGothius
IIRC, Desmond Morris pointed out that "a sleepy lion is a successful lion". If they ever look lazy, it's because they're digesting another animal that they recently killed and ate.
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And that is usually when we can take pictures of them. So all we have is pictures of sleepy, lazy lions. Reinforcing a false stereotype :)

Originally posted by Sherman
Has anyone here ever used A/UX? I really wish that apple had used it as the base of OS X instead of NeXT. It was just so well done and so well polished, even if it did look like system 7. I think that's what rhapsody was, correct me if I'm wrong, but whatever.
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Rhapsody was Mac OS X with a Mac OS 9 interface and no Carbon support. It was released as the first version of Mac OS X Server.
 
This is off topic but I have a cool idea for part of an Apple commercial. At the end of a commercial advertising 10.3 Panther, there's the black screen with the apple on it. Beside the Apple an animal scratches through the left side of the screen and then jumps out; walks around infront of the Apple. Then lays down, licks his paw.
That would all be computer generated.
 
Re: Re: The mac with nine lives

Originally posted by Tequila Grandma
Hook 'em, horns! Ahem...
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Heh...

I'd like everyone here to know (if I haven't said it already), that microsoft's longhorn software is in no way affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin, and their mascot, the Longhorns, specifically, Bevo. Microsoft named their product after a mountain in washington.

Besides, by the time m$ comes out with Longhorn, we'll be on what, Lynx, Cougar? maybe further...
 
Re: Re: Re: The mac with nine lives

Originally posted by G4scott
Heh...

I'd like everyone here to know (if I haven't said it already), that microsoft's longhorn software is in no way affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin, and their mascot, the Longhorns, specifically, Bevo. Microsoft named their product after a mountain in washington.
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Longhorn is a mountain in Washington?

I guess it shouldn't surprise me there's a mountain of bull in Washington... :D
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: The mac with nine lives

Originally posted by whooleytoo
Longhorn is a mountain in Washington?

I guess it shouldn't surprise me there's a mountain of bull in Washington... :D
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Actually all the code names for the latest Windows releases have come from the Whistler/Blackcomb resort ski area in British Comlumbia. From what I remember reading abut it Longhorn is a bar in one of the towns at the resort.
 
It's alive! The thread is alive!

Feline names are cool and all, but I'm not that crazy about the X. When we get OS11 around 2010 I will be glad to see it go. Hopefully OS11 will be a complete rework that is far more stable, secure, and useful than we can currently imagine. How about planets and moons for code names? I await MacOS11 Mercury.:cool:
 
Re: It's alive! The thread is alive!

Originally posted by yamabushi
Feline names are cool and all, but I'm not that crazy about the X. When we get OS11 around 2010 I will be glad to see it go. Hopefully OS11 will be a complete rework that is far more stable, secure, and useful than we can currently imagine. How about planets and moons for code names? I await MacOS11 Mercury.:cool:
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I wonder if they would skip Uranus :p
 
Maybe they can use this picture for when Lion becomes the next OS release.

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:p :D
 
It must be said....

Originally posted by Frohickey
Maybe they can use this picture for when Lion becomes the next OS release.

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....WORST....FELINE......PHOTOSHOP JOB...........EVER!
 
Re: Re: It must be said....

Originally posted by MacBandit
Why are people so quick to blow the photoshop horn? It is not a photoshop job.
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I thought it was a shaved long hair kitty. ready to go hunting in the swamp :) the big head on the tiny body is cute

Dave

I love my cats
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The mac with nine lives

Originally posted by MacBandit
Actually all the code names for the latest Windows releases have come from the Whistler/Blackcomb resort ski area in British Comlumbia. From what I remember reading abut it Longhorn is a bar in one of the towns at the resort.
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Nope, Longhorn is a run on one of the mountains. I don't recall which. I'm pretty sure that each codename is a run on the mountains. I don't remember any other code names so I can't verify.

And the cat pics are real. The "lion cut" is not uncommon. Funny as hell, but not uncommon.
 
Originally posted by MacBandit
Lynx has also been used for other products. I think Apple can get away with it because it's a non competitive product. That's how come they can use Mac OSX even though OSX is another operating system all together. They were able to get away with it as long as they kepth the Mac in front of OSX.
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That would be OS-9 and Mac OS 9. There is no other OSX, though DEC's Unix variant was called OSF, which is pronounced very similarly.
 
Originally posted by Santiago
That would be OS-9 and Mac OS 9. There is no other OSX, though DEC's Unix variant was called OSF, which is pronounced very similarly.
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OSF sounds nothing like OS X. X is the roman numeral for "Ten", and while "F" and "X" sound similar, "F" and "Ten" don't.
 
Originally posted by Frohickey
Maybe they can use this picture for when Lion becomes the next OS release.

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Why some one would post pictures of their molested cat is beyond me. And I don't think Apple will use pictures of resurrected road kill for their next OS release.

And jaguar is a car with a great history, which got it's name after SS (which was the original name) went out fashion in the non-german speaking part of the world around '40-'45. A De Tomaso Pantera is a cool car as well (check out the pic). The Sunbeam Tiger ('64-'68) is also quite cool, although Caroll Shelby who did most of its engineering did a better job on the original AC Cobra.
So Apple could switch to snakes via tigers.
There is quite a nice collection of vipers cobras and what have you out there. Check out the crocodile hunter, that nut usually is picking a number of them up with his bare hands (saying "one bite will kill you is 5 seconds. Isn't he great?")

M.

(and please don't say jackwire, it makes you sound like a moron)

PS. I'm more of a dog person.
 
a couple months too late..but...

I think the reason for Windows XP having the "XP" is this:

The letters X and P, in the greek alphabet are "chi" and "rho".

those two togtether ("chi-rho") = the greek word for "Christ."

Now, why would windows do this for an OS ?

Back in the early roman days, there was a leader by the name of Constantine. Since the major religoin in that area was not christianity (this was the time christians were killed for being christian) Constantine was not a christian either. However, while readying to lead his men in to battle, Constantine saw a sign from God. In this sign he saw the letters "XP" (sign of the cross..."chi-ro"..."Christ") and heard a voice that said "By this sign, you will conqueor!".

Right then, Constantine made all his army paint that sign (XP) on all of their sheilds, army - everything.

Sure enough, Constantine conqueored and won the battle. From then on, Constantine outlawed the persicution of Christians and later became christian himself.

I think Windows being named "XP" has its roots with this story. Microsoft believes that "By this sign" they will conqueor.
 
Re: Re: Re: 11...

Originally posted by fabsgwu
From the company press release for 10.0-->
point taken, however about it being a branding device. However, so is XP for Microsoft. And sometimes you have to move on; if we make it to 10.9, I'm sure we'll all be ready for a change. Z perhaps? Works for Nissan.
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after X is R. just like Honda's CBX that turned into CBR. Very neat motorbikes.

R like Race-line ;)
 
Panthera

Actually there is no Genus called Panther. The genus which contains many big cats (within the Felidae family) is called Panthera. Regardless, Cougar & Puma, and Jaguar & Panther are just names. Apple can call their new OS:s any of those names and they don't have to mean different feline species for me to be happy as long as the names are cool. Which they are.
On a different note it is absolutely up to this thread to come up with a solution for the What-comes-after-Mac OS X version 10.9-problem.
There is nothing that prevents a version 10.10 as normal decimals don't apply to version numbers. And Steve declared that Mac OS X is supposed to be pronounced "Mac-oh-ess-ten" it would be weird to have a Mac OS X version 11.0 in my opinion.
I personally hope to see a Mac OS Z. Perhaps with code names that wouldn't infringe on anybody's copyright. Allow me to suggest Ringo, Paul, Lennon, Help!, Strawberry fields, Macrosoft, Volvo, etc.
 
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