Re: 10.10, XI or What?

2008-10-10 Thread Simon Royal
who just wants an OS to use. Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Subject: Re: 10.10, XI or What? From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10/10/2008 00:55 On Oct 9, 2008, at 3:39 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: if you find a bug you can fix

Re: 10.10, XI or What?

2008-10-10 Thread Simon Royal
Doug Of course the X in OSX stands for 10. Some people refer to it as OS 10. It makes sense as it follows OS9. But I do think it has some hankering on to the NeXT days too. Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Subject: Re: 10.10, XI

Re: 10.10, XI or What?

2008-10-10 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
2008/10/10 Ralph [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Howdy, Most of my friends can read C++ code, but only a few actively write it. I don't however think my sample is representative. The comparison expressed is pretty delusional, since Linux passed OSX in UI usability a while back. OSX is still

10.10, XI or What?

2008-10-09 Thread Simon Royal
Hi I know this is a long way off, but what do we think Apple will do after they reach Mac OSX 10.9 'Lion'. Will they go for 10.10? Will the abandon the whole numbering and name system before then? Will they leave OSX behind and move on to something new altogether? Of course nobody knows, I

Re: 10.10, XI or What?

2008-10-09 Thread Doug McNutt
At 22:03 +0100 10/9/08, Simon Royal wrote: I know this is a long way off, but what do we think Apple will do after they reach Mac OSX 10.9 'Lion'. Will they go for 10.10? There's nothing wrong with that. Other 'NIX apps do it. But the X in OS-X does NOT stand for the base of decimal

Re: 10.10, XI or What?

2008-10-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 9, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Simon Royal wrote: Hi I know this is a long way off, but what do we think Apple will do after they reach Mac OSX 10.9 'Lion'. Will they go for 10.10? Will the abandon the whole numbering and name system before then? Will they leave OSX behind and move on

Re: 10.10, XI or What?

2008-10-09 Thread Alexander MacLeod
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 9, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Simon Royal wrote: I know this is a long way off, but what do we think Apple will do after they reach Mac OSX 10.9 'Lion'. Will they go for 10.10? Will the abandon the whole numbering

Re: 10.10, XI or What?

2008-10-09 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
2008/10/9 Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: related as a number (otherwise the name of the operating system would be 'oh ess ten ten point five', not 'oh ess eks ten point five' which is what everyone calls it.) Um, that's because they're wrong. Apple calls it Mac Oh Ess Ten and I think Jobs

Re: 10.10, XI or What?

2008-10-09 Thread Dan
At 10:03 PM +0100 10/9/2008, Simon Royal wrote: I know this is a long way off, but what do we think Apple will do after they reach Mac OSX 10.9 'Lion'. Unix has been plodding along since the late 1960s. What the heck - lets stick with it another decade. No need to THINK Different. Just keep

Re: 10.10, XI or What?

2008-10-09 Thread PeterH
On Oct 9, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Dan wrote: I know this is a long way off, but what do we think Apple will do after they reach Mac OSX 10.9 'Lion'. Unix has been plodding along since the late 1960s. What the heck - lets stick with it another decade. No need to THINK Different. Just keep