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OS X Leopard Name Change
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decksnap said:
Right....The lion is smarter than the tiger even though the tiger is stronger....tiger strength...lion smarts.
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The only reason I could see them changing it is to emphasise that it's a new OS and not just a point upgrade a la Windows service packs to make it more obvious to the media when they're doing the inevitable OS X v Vista comparisons.
Ahhh, *le sigh* I'd just gotten used once again to not having to see requests that an Apple product be named Liger.... 
The big cats are really running short. Most commonly only cats from the kind "Phantera" are refered to as big cats. These would be
Panthera tigris (Tiger)
Panthera leo (Lion)
Panthera onca (Jaguar)
Panthera pardus (both Leopard and Panther)
and that's it.
Wikipedia sais that some count Neofelis nebulosa (Fog Panther) and Uncia uncia (Snowleopard) as big cats.
But Apple might use other cats as well like they have done before with Cheetah.
I wonder wether OS XI will be only the one following after 10.9 or wether it might be a new OS that possibly might come earlier, e.G. directly after 10.5
If it will come after 10.5 then they might change the name. I would bet on corals or exotic fishes for these are the only animals in my desktop wallpaper folder besides Tigers and Leopards
Panthera tigris (Tiger)
Panthera leo (Lion)
Panthera onca (Jaguar)
Panthera pardus (both Leopard and Panther)
and that's it.
Wikipedia sais that some count Neofelis nebulosa (Fog Panther) and Uncia uncia (Snowleopard) as big cats.
But Apple might use other cats as well like they have done before with Cheetah.
I wonder wether OS XI will be only the one following after 10.9 or wether it might be a new OS that possibly might come earlier, e.G. directly after 10.5
If it will come after 10.5 then they might change the name. I would bet on corals or exotic fishes for these are the only animals in my desktop wallpaper folder besides Tigers and Leopards
I vaguely remember around the time of 10.0 that OS X was to be the "OS for the next decade".
That seemed a long time back then. But assuming that statement holds, OS X has just passed middle-age (calendar-wise), and is about to enter middle-age (version-number wise).
The strange thing is, I can't really begin to imagine what might differentiate an OS XI from an OS 10.9. What will be the big technological leap? OS X is arguably already high up the operating system technical tree, which is something that in no way could have been said about OS9 circa 2000. There's no 'must-have' technological trends that OS X isn't already riding.
I suppose that's pretty exciting in and of itself. Finally getting pre-emptive multitasking and all the other shiny tech in OS X after OS9 and below was fantastic, albeit predictable. I wonder what we'll be surprised with in 4 or 5 years?
(sorry... rambled a bit there... what I meant to say was: it'll stay 'Leopard')
That seemed a long time back then. But assuming that statement holds, OS X has just passed middle-age (calendar-wise), and is about to enter middle-age (version-number wise).
The strange thing is, I can't really begin to imagine what might differentiate an OS XI from an OS 10.9. What will be the big technological leap? OS X is arguably already high up the operating system technical tree, which is something that in no way could have been said about OS9 circa 2000. There's no 'must-have' technological trends that OS X isn't already riding.
I suppose that's pretty exciting in and of itself. Finally getting pre-emptive multitasking and all the other shiny tech in OS X after OS9 and below was fantastic, albeit predictable. I wonder what we'll be surprised with in 4 or 5 years?
(sorry... rambled a bit there... what I meant to say was: it'll stay 'Leopard'
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