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Actually, I think he is right. Tigers are larger, stronger and more generally more aggressive. Male Lions are generally most aggressive when they are defending their territory. But, the Tiger is more of a solitary, predator and is almost always very dangerous. I went to school in San Diego and made frequent trips to the fine zoo there. They had a HUGE Siberian Tiger. There were a couple times when we looked each other right in the eyes. It totally creeped me out. It was like he was saying, "One false move and you are mine".
That actually gives me an idea, what if the names of OS 11 were after planets? That would be pretty cool. Excluding Uranus, of course.
Mac OS X Uranus?
*shivers*
I could just see the front page of macrumors. "popcorn Kernal panics in Uranus!"
You made me laugh out loud.
Don't forget this one...
Apple could always pull out OS 10.9 "Ocelot"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot
Apple could always pull out OS 10.9 "Ocelot"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot
Finder is a lot better than explorer, but it's just not as good as the Classic Finder. It's somewhat buggy (although I rarely experience any bugs) and not very consistent.
Apple does not have to restrict itself to cat names and they do not have to drop the OSX (as in OS 10) name which is already very strong brand. One can better understand the versioning scheme if the "ten-dot" is omitted from the version number; meaning that the current version for example could very well be pronounced "OSX 4.9" or "OS 10 version 4.9", whichever makes more sense.
So, first of all -- as we're in 4.9 currently, there's no reason whatsoever that Apple could not be continuing Tiger support with 4.10 or 4.25 version, as the version number is not decimal. It's telling us major and minor version of OSX (or OS 10).
Then, another thing, whenever Leopard is out, it will be fifth version of OSX (as in OS 10 version 5.0). There's absotutely no reason why Apple should discontinue OSX at some point, the "OS 10" is their brand for a new generation operating system. As it is a very strong brand name, Apple will likely use it as long as they can really offer "the next big thing" that would put OSX to shame.
Historically, as we all know, things have looked like this:
1) System 1-6 (1984 - 1991)
2) System 7-9 (1991 - 2001)
3) OSX (1999 - current)
One could however predict that something major is going to be happening after OSX 6 in 2008(ish), but remember that history cannot be used to predict the future! Apple may have aces on their sleeves, or not. There's nothing inherently wrong with OSX that would need to be fixed with a major revamp; HOWEVER, there are two things that I can see that would justify calling OSX 6 or seven a "new generation" operating system:
A) feature called "running Windows applications on Apple OS"
B) decision of "running Apple OS on non-apple computers"
Should both of them be happening, we would see a direct battle between Apple and Microsoft. It is likely not gonna happen with Leopard, though, because Apple marketing is probably not ready for it. Yet. We'll see...
So, first of all -- as we're in 4.9 currently, there's no reason whatsoever that Apple could not be continuing Tiger support with 4.10 or 4.25 version, as the version number is not decimal. It's telling us major and minor version of OSX (or OS 10).
Then, another thing, whenever Leopard is out, it will be fifth version of OSX (as in OS 10 version 5.0). There's absotutely no reason why Apple should discontinue OSX at some point, the "OS 10" is their brand for a new generation operating system. As it is a very strong brand name, Apple will likely use it as long as they can really offer "the next big thing" that would put OSX to shame.
Historically, as we all know, things have looked like this:
1) System 1-6 (1984 - 1991)
2) System 7-9 (1991 - 2001)
3) OSX (1999 - current)
One could however predict that something major is going to be happening after OSX 6 in 2008(ish), but remember that history cannot be used to predict the future! Apple may have aces on their sleeves, or not. There's nothing inherently wrong with OSX that would need to be fixed with a major revamp; HOWEVER, there are two things that I can see that would justify calling OSX 6 or seven a "new generation" operating system:
A) feature called "running Windows applications on Apple OS"
B) decision of "running Apple OS on non-apple computers"
Should both of them be happening, we would see a direct battle between Apple and Microsoft. It is likely not gonna happen with Leopard, though, because Apple marketing is probably not ready for it. Yet. We'll see...
Housecat
housecat ar domestic cat looks like its for iphone since its small.
lion is problably after 6 and 7.
housecat ar domestic cat looks like its for iphone since its small.
lion is problably after 6 and 7.
Mac OS X 10.9 B!tch
Opss, sorry that's a dog family.
P.S. This was posted for fun. I hope no one gets offended.
Opss, sorry that's a dog family.
P.S. This was posted for fun. I hope no one gets offended.
Actually Leopard will be the 6th major release and version of the Mac OS X platform.
Mac OS 10.0 - version 1 Cheetah
Mac OS 10.1 - version 2 Puma
Mac OS 10.2 - version 3 Jaguar
Mac OS 10.3 - version 4 Panther
Mac OS 10.4 - version 5 Tiger
Mac OS 10.5 - version 6 Leopard
Mac OS 10.0 - version 1 Cheetah
Mac OS 10.1 - version 2 Puma
Mac OS 10.2 - version 3 Jaguar
Mac OS 10.3 - version 4 Panther
Mac OS 10.4 - version 5 Tiger
Mac OS 10.5 - version 6 Leopard
I heard from a sound source that Leopard will be the final cat-themed release of OS X.
Prepare for OS X 10.6: Dave. 12-18 months later will herald 10.7: Jim and so forth, in that fashion.
10.9: Geoffrey is going to be simply awesome.
Prepare for OS X 10.6: Dave. 12-18 months later will herald 10.7: Jim and so forth, in that fashion.
10.9: Geoffrey is going to be simply awesome.
Me too. I hear that Apple will be adding Saxon language support in time for Cedric's release. About bleedin' time.
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