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Oh my. There's nothing we blog monkeys like more than casting our minds forward to the next greatest thing. Now that Leopard is about here and soon to be common place, what's next? What's Apple's codename for Mac OS X 10.6? You know it's already in development. So what do you TUAW readers think the next great codename will be? Let us know in this unspun poll. Want to drag a file to another folder and copy it instead of moving it? Press the Option key when you drag that file and it'll be duplicated rather than moved entirely.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
artifex said 10:37PM on 10-25-2007
I can has upgraid now?
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michas_pi said 10:38PM on 10-25-2007
oh hi
I upgraded your RAM
and your OS
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Me said 10:42PM on 10-25-2007
10.6 will have tons of great features that will be removed minutes prior to shipping. The codename?? LION. Get it?
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Chris Bianco said 10:46PM on 10-25-2007
Liger is pretty much my favorite name for the new os
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Lee said 10:47PM on 10-25-2007
Lion just doesn't sound right for some reason. Read the past codenames aloud, and then Say "Mac OS X 10.6 Lion". It sounds kinda pansy.
I was thinking about this a couple days ago. I like what's on the list. Lynx and Cougar could be definite possibilities.
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ipodrulz said 10:56PM on 10-25-2007
.. theres going to be a 10.6?.. I thought this was the last release of OS X... and the next will be OS 11.
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Me said 10:57PM on 10-25-2007
Lion and lyin' are homonyms. They promise features and don't deliver? Lying? Geez, I thought that was an easy one.
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myheaditches said 11:02PM on 10-25-2007
Lynx or Cougar, as apple has trademarks on these.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X#Versions
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Mike Schramm said 11:02PM on 10-25-2007
Cougar is perfect, because, you know, OS X is old but still hot. :)
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Dave Wood said 11:03PM on 10-25-2007
Sabertooth
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Taylor said 11:07PM on 10-25-2007
A Cougar is the exact same thing as a Puma. So it can't be that.
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Steve Grenier said 11:15PM on 10-25-2007
I always thought it would be Lynx. Its the perfect name for the next version.
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ianlive said 11:17PM on 10-25-2007
@9. Too funny.
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DistortedLoop said 11:57PM on 10-25-2007
#8 - Apple may have trademarked Lynx, but I imagine these guys have done so already as well:
http://www.lynuxworks.com/ with their LinxOS weapons platform.
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Paul Phillips said 11:29PM on 10-25-2007
I say ocelot is the runaway winner. Not only is ocelot the coolest cat name going, but OCELOTS anagrams to COOLEST.
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RandomUsername said 11:53PM on 10-25-2007
Mac OS X 10.6 Octopus
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Dan Parmelee said 12:40AM on 10-26-2007
Liger.
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Erik said 12:42AM on 10-26-2007
NEWS FLASH: Apple picks names based on what said names imply not on what people on Internet forums think sounds cool.
Which is why "Liger" won't make it. It's a combination of two species, so why the hell would Apple refer to a generation-old version of the OS (Tiger) as one of those two? Would the consumer only be getting half-new features? You must think of what the name actually means. Tiger was great, because they are very powerful yet graceful creatures. A cheetah is fast. Etcetera.
If they simply called it ULTRA SUPER DELUXE WILDCAT or whatever person thought just sounds cool, they wouldn't be very different from every other company, would they? It's all about the marketing. No one will know what the hell "Liger" means.
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Erik said 1:09AM on 10-26-2007
To contribute, here's this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felidae
This has all the cat names that Apple would probably choose from. Sadly guys, "Liger" is on the list.
Though I agree it's not great-sounding, I'm throwing my hat in for "Lion," mainly because it's the only member of the genus Panthera that hasn't been taken yet.
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Sam said 12:51AM on 10-26-2007
OS X Ocelot sounds pretty rad.
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