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. POLL: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, and...
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. 
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10-25-2007 @ 10:37PM
artifex said...
I can has upgraid now?
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10-25-2007 @ 10:38PM
michas_pi said...
oh hi
I upgraded your RAM
and your OS
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10-25-2007 @ 10:42PM
Me said...
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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10-25-2007 @ 10:46PM
Chris Bianco said...
Liger is pretty much my favorite name for the new os
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10-25-2007 @ 10:47PM
Lee said...
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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10-25-2007 @ 10:56PM
ipodrulz said...
.. 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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10-25-2007 @ 10:57PM
Me said...
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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10-25-2007 @ 11:02PM
myheaditches said...
Lynx or Cougar, as apple has trademarks on these.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X#Versions
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10-25-2007 @ 11:02PM
Mike Schramm said...
Cougar is perfect, because, you know, OS X is old but still hot. :)
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10-25-2007 @ 11:03PM
Dave Wood said...
Sabertooth
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10-25-2007 @ 11:07PM
Taylor said...
A Cougar is the exact same thing as a Puma. So it can't be that.
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10-25-2007 @ 11:15PM
Steve Grenier said...
I always thought it would be Lynx. Its the perfect name for the next version.
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10-25-2007 @ 11:17PM
ianlive said...
@9. Too funny.
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10-25-2007 @ 11:29PM
Paul Phillips said...
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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10-25-2007 @ 11:53PM
RandomUsername said...
Mac OS X 10.6 Octopus
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10-25-2007 @ 11:57PM
DistortedLoop said...
#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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10-26-2007 @ 12:40AM
Dan Parmelee said...
Liger.
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10-26-2007 @ 12:42AM
Erik said...
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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10-26-2007 @ 12:51AM
Sam said...
OS X Ocelot sounds pretty rad.
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10-26-2007 @ 1:09AM
Erik said...
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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