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Naming conventions
I have always found it backwards to name the operating systems after big cats. Apple obviously had to may brainstorm sessions on this one, as I struggle to remember which vision is in what order. When it was os8 and then os9, it made perfect chronological sense, now it’s all a bit self indulgent. Same to with the iBook, that made sense as the entry level to the mac book pro. Apple are innovators and their products are great but I feel the waters have been muddied on the naming conventions, it would have been clever to leave it the way it was, progressive numbers.
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Big cat names were internal initially. When they leaked and the media liked it.
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The Cat OS names.
Public Beta: “Kodiak”
10.0: “Cheetah”
10.1: “Puma”
10.2: “Jaguar”
10.3: “Panther”
10.4: “Tiger”
10.5: “Leopard”
10.6: “Snow Leopard”
10.7: “Lion”Seems the public beta was more bear than cat. I believe Apple charged $30 for it too. Does anybody remember playing with Cheetah? Puma wasn’t much better. Jaguar was the first really usable version. Keep that in mind when you think of FCPX as a version 1.
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i’m just wondering what is going to come after Lion.
White Lion.
WildCat?
ThunderCats?
Leo
Lion-oh
Lionel
Cheetarah
Tigra?Ewan
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Supposedly they also had registered Lynx and Cougar. Somehow that doesn’t sound higher in the cat hierarchy though. Maybe Mountain Lion.
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[Ewan Lim] “i’m just wondering what is going to come after Lion.”
Hi
Cirrostratus.
Followed, in sequence, by combined iOS/OS X operating systems (ARM only?) called:
Nimbostratus
Altostratus
Cumulus
and cuminating in Cumulonimbus.Something like that – designed to take the world by storm… 😉
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Looks like a very (i)Cloudy future.
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Paul, you re just clouding the issue.
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Purely subject. I like the cats!
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“subjective”
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Based on heirachy, which cat would top a lion?
Lynx and cougar isn’t higher up than a Lion. Mountain lion like Craig stated? Hahaha
I’d personally go for house cats since there is like a whole lot of them.
Maybe Sabertooth! Since they like to go backwards. *ahem*
Ewan
Avid, FCS3, Premiere Pro, After Effects
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