I think Lion is the last one. I think OS X makes the leap to iOS. Besides, Lion is the "King of the Jungle." You don't downgrade to Cougar!
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so which will be the next Big Cat?
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I really think that's reading too much into the ranking of cats 
. And I certainly hope that our desktop OS doesn't get assimilated into iOS that quickly, even if they are pushing the 'post-PC era'. I still want access to a file system!
. And I certainly hope that our desktop OS doesn't get assimilated into iOS that quickly, even if they are pushing the 'post-PC era'. I still want access to a file system!
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Read about it here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204880404577226864202052768.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
I really doubt they will follow Mountain Lion with Cougar - another name for the exact same species. Yes, there was Puma, also another name for this species, but that wasn't marketed. Puma was nothing more than an internal name, and was never meant to be widely known. Following Mountain Lion with Cougar would just confuse a lot of people, and wouldn't be that great of marketing.
Also, and this is just my opinion, I think they purposely went with Mountain Lion over Cougar to avoid any, uh, unwanted connotations "cougar" carries.
But really, the only real "big cats" they haven't used are Lynx and Bobcat, both of which barely meet the "big" in "big cats." They've got to move on to OS XI as some point, and drop the cat names. I'm rooting for birds next. OS 11.0 Hawk, 11.1 Falcon, 11.3 Bald Eagle, etc.
Well, the biggest cat is the Siberian Tiger, but maybe that would be too close to 'non-american' name?
(Those commies are still waiting in the underground ready to strike back...)
(Those commies are still waiting in the underground ready to strike back...)
Yes, because there are Cheetahs, Jaguars, Panthers, Tigers, Leopards, Snow Leopards, and Lions currently roaming America in droves. North America kind of kind screwed in the big cats arena, having only the Mountain Lion be widespread.