Mac OS X Tiger Goes Gold

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday March 31, 2005 @03:11PM from the on-the-prowl dept.

bonch writes "Following up yesterday's story, AppleInsider now reports that Tiger build 8A428 has been deemed the Gold Master for shipping. Sources expect an announcement of Tiger's completion sometime tomorrow." There are far better days to make a product announcement, should a company wish to be taken seriously, but it worked for Gmail!

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Fast! by CypherXero · 2005-03-31 15:15 · Score: 5, Funny

Yesterday:
Apple will sometimes seed several final candidate builds before one is declared gold master...'"

Today:
Tiger build 8A428 has been deemed the Gold Master for shipping

Damn that was fast! I can't believe I miss those builds!
1. Re:Fast! by maxjenius22 · 2005-03-31 15:26 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  There can be only one.
2. Re:Fast! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-31 17:02 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Damn that was fast! I can't believe I miss those builds!
  
  Of course! It it was slow, they would name it Mac OS X 10.4 Turtle.
Aprilfools! by binder520 · 2005-03-31 15:16 · Score: 3, Funny

It would be the best joke on Microsoft if Apple costumed TIGER as Longhorn.

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1. Re:Aprilfools! by mOoZik · 2005-03-31 15:19 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It would be funnier if TIGER had a LONGHORN! *wink nudge*
  
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pearpc by Anonymouse+Cownerd · 2005-03-31 15:17 · Score: 4, Funny

now if only if i had a computer fast enough to make pearpc usable...

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1. Re:pearpc by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-31 15:20 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  That's okay, you can still use CherryOS!
They can't go on like this, can they? by Junior+J.+Junior+III · 2005-03-31 15:19 · Score: 4, Funny

So when is Ocelot coming out? And how many big cats are left? Lion, lynx... lynx is overused and probably won't be picked... Any other names?

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1. Re:They can't go on like this, can they? by superrcat · 2005-03-31 15:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Garfield.
2. Re:They can't go on like this, can they? by banuk · 2005-03-31 15:28 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Garfield was fat and bloated and moved very slowly... hopefully not the direction apple goes
3. Re:They can't go on like this, can they? by superrcat · 2005-03-31 15:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Fine...Pussy Galore.
4. Re:They can't go on like this, can they? by kevcol · 2005-03-31 15:46 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  So when is Ocelot coming out?
  
  How do you titillate an ocelot?
  
  You oscillate it's tit a lot.
5. Re:They can't go on like this, can they? by ztirffritz · 2005-03-31 15:59 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I'm holding out for Egyptian Hairless. Once they have mac mini with Egyptian Hairless installed, I'm buying 2!
  
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6. Re:They can't go on like this, can they? by ArsonPanda · 2005-03-31 16:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  +5 Funny?
  only time Garfield has *ever* been funny.
  
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7. Re:They can't go on like this, can they? by beowulfcluster · 2005-03-31 23:59 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  When they release OS X Catbert you know it's time to start looking somewhere else.
Re:April 1st announcement by buckhead_buddy · 2005-03-31 15:26 · Score: 4, Funny

RustNeverSleeps wrote:
An April 1 announcement from Apple actually sort of makes sense, because Apple was incorporated on April 1, 1976. That makes tomorrow Apple's 29th "birthday."
This overlooks that slashdot is a geek website. :-)
Tomorrow will be Apple's 30th birthday (since birthday counting is zero based)
though it is only the 29th anniversary of Apple's birthday (which is what most people who haven't had to debug overflow and off-by-one errors celebrate.
A cunning strategm by xenocide2 · 2005-03-31 15:28 · Score: 4, Funny

Announce on April Fool's day, and then just mine the April Fool's posts on slashdot for good ideas!

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8A428 slashdotted, mirrors? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-31 15:29 · Score: 3, Funny

Apples site already slashdotted - somebody please setup mirror for tiger 8A428. ;)
Beware this 'Tiger' release! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-31 15:45 · Score: 5, Funny

**** THE PROOF THAT TIGER IS EVIL **** T I G E R 84 73 71 69 82 - as ASCII values 3 1 8 6 1 - digits added \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ 3 1 8 6 1 - digits added Thus, "TIGER" is 31861. Subtract 97 from the number - this is the year Vesuvius erupted, written backwards. It gives 31764. Add 0791 to it - this is the year IBM announced S/370, written backwards - you will get 32555. Subtract 38, the symbol of slavery. The result will be 32517. Add 1983, the year Microsoft introduced Windows 1.0 - the result is 34500. Turn the number backwards, and add 1778 - the year Oliver Pollock invented '$', the symbol of exploitation, suffering and injustice. The number is now 2321. This, when read backwards, gives 1232. This is 666 in octal, the number of the Beast... Evil, QED. ( http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/evilfinder/ef.shtml )
In other news.. by StikyPad · 2005-03-31 15:47 · Score: 2, Funny

Duke Nukem Forever goes gold!!!

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Re:Apple... by superrcat · 2005-03-31 15:51 · Score: 4, Funny

You paid $100 for an operating system that is already 2 versions old? I have some copies of Windows Me I'll sell you for $80.
Fat Freddy's Cat OS by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-31 15:52 · Score: 1, Funny

Fat Freddy's Cat OS. The more you say it, the better it sounds.
Re:Apple... by Redshift · 2005-03-31 15:58 · Score: 3, Funny

Miserable troll. You bought JAGUAR? For a hundred dollars? Where exactly? eBay? If you are not a troll you are just plain dumb.

Panther is 10.3.

Jaguar was 10.2.

Tiger will be 10.4.
Re:Apple by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-31 15:59 · Score: 1, Funny

Those that invent and lead the industry tend to make the headlines, as opposed to the followers and imitators.
Don't forget the criminals!
Re:Apple... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-31 16:02 · Score: 2, Funny

And if I have to upgrade again, how am I ever going to finish copying my 17M file?
Re:Let's not forget by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-31 16:03 · Score: 3, Funny

Apple was founded on an April Fools Day

Ha! Finally it occured to you!

Had you fooled for quite some time, huh?

You forgot the quotes around "founded", though.

Obviously, we're just a division of Microsoft and no company, so now you know where the money you buy Mac's for goes.

I must say I thought it was apparent to you guys though... Mac's and OS X users usually serve as a testbed for new technologies we at Microsoft are coming up with, that we can later choose to incorporate in our flagship product Windows if the Mac users like them.

And you always thought it was two completely different companies, one often "ripping off" the other.

Ha ha.

Steve Jobs
*cough* CEO, Apple *giggle*
Re:Apple... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-31 16:11 · Score: 1, Funny

Troll, apple do release free patches for sercurty & stabity updates.
But thanks for playing, please now stop molesting the goats.
Tiger by Alien+Venom · 2005-03-31 16:21 · Score: 3, Funny

TIIIIIIIIIGER UPERCUT?
Re:OSX is grrrrrreat! by MochaMan · 2005-03-31 16:26 · Score: 3, Funny

Stop surfing slashdot and get back to work, Steve! Aren't you supposed to be writing the press release right now?
Re:April 1st announcement by StikyPad · 2005-03-31 16:34 · Score: 5, Funny

B.S.

I was born in '76, and my 30th birthday isn't for another year damnit. Don't steal what little youth I have left.

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Re:Yeah, I can... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-31 16:53 · Score: 2, Funny

I'll bet THAT's useful, Mr Zealot.
Also, there's no need to add your age to every post.
Re:and it's already a bestseller... by ErikZ · 2005-03-31 16:55 · Score: 3, Funny

"It also fails to account for the fact that Mac owners tend to keep their systems for several years longer than PC users."

I don't see why keeping your old mac in the closet would qualify you as a "user".

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Re:Yeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!! by MasonMcD · 2005-03-31 16:58 · Score: 5, Funny

I love the current skin

Skin? SKIN?!!! OK, you gnome/KDE hippie. Apple doesn't make "skins". They produce "human interface guidelines" and bond the UI onto an app so tight it'll make your anus pucker.

Unless you're talking about human skin from any "trade dress" lawsuit. In which case, they make lovely lampshades.
Build numbers by warkda+rrior · 2005-03-31 17:11 · Score: 5, Funny

... Tiger build 8A428...

Think about this: if the build number is in hex (i.e. 0x8A428), this is the 566,312nd build of Tiger.

Now, about 18 months passed since the release of OSX 10.3. This means that Apple built OSX Tiger about 42 times per hour, without stop since Oct. 2003 (OSX 10.3 release time)!

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10.4 Went Gold! by espek · 2005-03-31 17:34 · Score: 3, Funny

Seems snappier!
Updated permissions, everything seems ok.
Oh I don't know by mcc · 2005-03-31 18:15 · Score: 3, Funny

Have you ever seen what happens when you put a tiger and a longhorn steer in the same room?

Now THAT'S funny

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