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Mac OS X "Tiger" Enters Final Candidate Stage
Orangez writes "Apppleinsider.com reports that 'Tiger' reaches the final candidate stage. 'With massive software projects such as Tiger, Apple will sometimes seed several final candidate builds before one is declared gold master...'" The final release has widely been speculated to be in the next month or two.
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What will apple do when they run out of felines to name their OSes after?
I woulda got first post but Bittorrent is using all my bandwidth downloading OS X Tiger Final Canidate.
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Interesting... Tell me more about this "release candidate" thing that Apple seems to have invented for large software products? =)
...torrent ? :D
You'll get your wish soon enough. Watch Apple's (and everybody else's site) on friday ;)
I had never heard the expression "run like a raped ape". I think I shall have to use it now :)
so only one candidate to vote off and we're left with the winner?
doesn't have a network of macs to administer I'll just bet.
All this talk about "point releases" is just semantics. I know most Slashdotters aren't zoologists, but all significant OS X upgrades are SPECIES updates.
Jumping over to Family Canidae from Family Felidae, would you upgrade from a Chihuahua that shits on your keyboard to a Golden Retriever that fetches beer and Hot Pockets? I sure would.
That's about the difference that Tiger is going to be over 10.0 (Cheetah).
Maybe a new better *Linux* will arise. :)
Hey! I tease! Linux is great. Calm down.
If Linus and Apple with their Tiger release got together and released an OS would you have a Liger, only like, the best OS ever? Gosh.
11.0 Halle Berry
11.1 Eartha Kitt
11.2 Julie Newmar
11.3 Nastassja Kinski...
meow!
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I mean, if you stick with Microsoft you'll only have to pay for a new OS every 7-10 years or so!
Is that like a P-P-P-Powerbook?
Don't blame me -- I voted for Roslin.
I had never heard the expression "run like a raped ape". I think I shall have to use it now :)
A raped ape is still approximately 33% slower than a bat out of hell.
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I, for one, welcome our new Antichrist overlord.
When Apple runs out of cool cat code names? Mac OSX "Hello Kitty"?
BALDERDASH! Everyone knows that Jaguars run faster than Panthers, and Panthers can run faster than Tigers!
My thoughts would have been they'd start with the slowest cat, and move onto the fastest cat with later releases: Tabby, Ocelot, Lion, Tiger, Jaguar, Panther, Cheeta, etc... But what would happen once they got to the fastest cat? Move to birds or lizards? I'd personally hold out to see a Mac OS X : Komodo, or OS X: Jesus Lizard . :D
I don't moderate anymore. Karma penalty for 90% fair mods? Can I mod that unfair?
Well, depends. Are you black?
The "release" as it is called, is actually a final sword duel to the end between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates atop the Seattle Space Needle. When the skies of seattle light with an unearthly golden glow, you will know either Tiger or Longhorn is releasing that fortnight.
Thus the term "Gold Master".
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