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Hemos
on from the moving-along-at-a-respectable-pace dept.
Warlock7 writes "CNET has an article that discusses the 'early' release of Mac OS X 10.2, codename Jaguar. The article says that Jaguar should be ready for release in August, more than a month earlier than the analysts expected."
and in the great unix namespace...
by
ubiquitin
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· Score: 3, Funny
X11 is already taken and refers to the XFree86 protocol. So what will the next major release be named? "But it goes all the way to eleven." (insert Spinal Tap joke here) Which makes me wonder whether Apple will go back to the tradition of calling things "plus" or "II" like the MacPlus or MacII in days of old. MacOSXPlus and MacOSXII sounds bad, but MacOSXIIx would be even worse.
-- http://tinyurl.com/4ny52
and in the mac historical context...
by
laodamas
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· Score: 4, Funny
And for the budget market:
MacOSX.lcII
MacOSX.lcIII
MacOSX.lcIIIplus
Now lets go retro!
MaxOSX.IIe
MaxOSX.IIgs
Or they can use the great X naming scheme:
MacOSX2, and eventually MacOSX11R6:P
Re:Analysis Paralysis
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jaysones
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· Score: 3, Funny
Furthermore, 10.1 was a free upgrade for 10.0 owners! So they're cannabalizing the chance to give away more free cds?
Dumbest Source for a Rumor
by
Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 1, Funny
"Sources close to Apple's marketing strategy" is their source.
What's that mean, a former CompUSA sales person or the head of Apple Worldwide Sales?
The silly season is elsewhere already underway with Mac Expo less than two weeks away. Business may be a little thin for Apple and other vendors, but it appears news may be a little thin for this online "news" source and they may be skimming the Mac rumor web sites for their "news."
I wonder if anyone can quote "a janitor who works for Apple" as they may be more reliable than the "source" in this instance. Did they see something Steve Jobs doodled on a stickie note in the trash?
Re:Wouldn't that be OS-XI
by
mkldev
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· Score: 2, Funny
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X11 is already taken and refers to the XFree86 protocol. So what will the next major release be named? "But it goes all the way to eleven." (insert Spinal Tap joke here) Which makes me wonder whether Apple will go back to the tradition of calling things "plus" or "II" like the MacPlus or MacII in days of old. MacOSXPlus and MacOSXII sounds bad, but MacOSXIIx would be even worse.
http://tinyurl.com/4ny52
The new MacOSX release Schedule:
:P
MacOSX.II
MacOSX.IIci
MacOSX.IIcx
MacOSX.IIfx
MacOSX.IIsi
MacOSX.IIvi
MacOSX.IIvx
MacOSX.IIx
Then, of course:
MacOSX.colorclassicII
And for the budget market:
MacOSX.lcII
MacOSX.lcIII
MacOSX.lcIIIplus
Now lets go retro!
MaxOSX.IIe
MaxOSX.IIgs
Or they can use the great X naming scheme:
MacOSX2, and eventually MacOSX11R6
Furthermore, 10.1 was a free upgrade for 10.0 owners! So they're cannabalizing the chance to give away more free cds?
"Sources close to Apple's marketing strategy" is their source.
What's that mean, a former CompUSA sales person or the head of Apple Worldwide Sales?
The silly season is elsewhere already underway with Mac Expo less than two weeks away. Business may be a little thin for Apple and other vendors, but it appears news may be a little thin for this online "news" source and they may be skimming the Mac rumor web sites for their "news."
I wonder if anyone can quote "a janitor who works for Apple" as they may be more reliable than the "source" in this instance. Did they see something Steve Jobs doodled on a stickie note in the trash?
Or worse, 10.11.6, i.e. X.11 R6....
120 character sigs suck. Make it 250.