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Mac OS X "Tiger" Enters Final Candidate Stage

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sure-wish-i-had-devel-seeds dept.

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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  1. before anyone else does it... by thesixthreplicant · · Score: 3, Funny
    But, but, but who would be stupid enough to pay 129 bucks for a POINT release...for the love of god!

    thankyou you've beening such a wonderful audience

    ciao

    1. Re:before anyone else does it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      ;) Nope , on a mac thread we all asume its a troll till proven otherwise

    2. Re:before anyone else does it... by mrm677 · · Score: 5, Funny

      It seems to me that Apple are doing versioning right.

      The way it should work is x.y.z

      z: Bug fixes
      y: New features
      x: Backwards compatibility break

      Does that mean Windows XP should really be called Windows 3.15.8734?

    3. Re:before anyone else does it... by Theaetetus · · Score: 4, Funny
      Apple sort of painted themselves into a corner with the name OSX. It's sort of the 10th version of the Mac OS, but the X was to make it sound cooler and sort of clever, but what comes after? OS XI?

      Well, people refer to OS X as "Oh, sex", so adding the I on the end would make it "Oh, sexy!"

    4. Re:before anyone else does it... by Bishop923 · · Score: 4, Funny


      z: Bug fixes
      y: New features
      x: Backwards compatibility break

      Does that mean Windows XP should really be called Windows 3.15.8734?

      You probably want to drop the z value a bit :-)

    5. Re:before anyone else does it... by Palshife · · Score: 4, Funny

      He did. You're looking at an overflow.

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  2. FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I woulda got first post but Bittorrent is using all my bandwidth downloading OS X Tiger Final Canidate.

    sgarringer@gmail.com

  3. Grrrrrr by jimijon · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's Great!

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  4. Re:Question: by FidelCatsro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple OS XI "west highland terrier"

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  5. Re:Wonder how bad Tiger will punish by agraupe · · Score: 3, Funny

    I had never heard the expression "run like a raped ape". I think I shall have to use it now :)

  6. point releases by cocoamix · · Score: 5, Funny

    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).

  7. Question by mattmentecky · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  8. 10.4? I can't wait for 11! by microcars · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Catwomen point series!

    11.0 Halle Berry
    11.1 Eartha Kitt
    11.2 Julie Newmar
    11.3 Nastassja Kinski...

    meow!

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  9. This is why Windows is better! by beef3k · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, if you stick with Microsoft you'll only have to pay for a new OS every 7-10 years or so!

  10. Don't Forget to Pay SCO by sabat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pay your $599 license fee, you slack-off bastards!

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  11. There can be only one! by SuperKendall · · Score: 3, Funny

    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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