Dear Apple
Posted on | February 17, 2012 | 6 Comments
Dear Apple,
I love you guys, but you must really curb your obsession with big cats. Mountain Lion? Really? Pickings are growing slim, eh?
Sincerely,
Jamie Todd Rubin
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February 17th, 2012 @ 12:39 pm
I suggest the move onto something with a bit more diversity. Fish perhaps? Coming soon: OS X 10.9 Sword Fish
February 17th, 2012 @ 12:39 pm
If it’s diversity you seek, then insects would be the group of animals to pick from.
February 17th, 2012 @ 12:44 pm
Come on Reed, you can’t follow up Lion with Swordfish. How about OS X 10.9 Mako
February 17th, 2012 @ 12:45 pm
Why doesn’t Apple just be perfectly honest and upfront and call it OS X 10.9 God.
February 17th, 2012 @ 1:46 pm
Ubuntu has had weird names for their releases, too. Alliterative AND animal based, and going to the next letter in the alphabet. Going backwards:
Oneric Ocelot
Natty Narwhal
Maverick Meerkat
Lucid Lynx
Et cetera
February 18th, 2012 @ 2:41 am
To be fair, “mountain lion” is the first cat of the bunch that actually lives in the same county as 1 Infinite Loop …