“The information comes from an entry posted earlier today in a database of changes to the open source ‘launchd’ framework, which oversees booting of Mac OS X and administers processes running on the system,” Slivka reports. “Apple’s build numbering scheme [indicates] that, while still early in the development process, Apple has been working on builds of the next major operating system revision for at least the last month or two.”
Slivka reports, “Of course, news that Apple appears to be working on Mac OS X 10.7 is certainly not surprising given the long development time required to refine and polish Apple’s major operating system releases. While 10.6 incorporated many “under the hood” changes, however, some have speculated that we may see more radical end-user changes in 10.7.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The Clouded Leopard is a beautiful cat, named for its spotted coat; it’s seldom seen in the wild and its habits remain quite mysterious.
I suspect that if used, Lion (and whatever can be added to it) will be used for the final incarnation before OSXl or what ever follows. You can hardly top a Lion.
“Clouded Leopard” sounds too much like “Clouded Future”. They won’t do it, same reason they never made the original iMac in yellow (too much like a Lemon). “Clouded” is uncomfortably close to “Beleaguered” in commonly understood meaning.
They’ll stick with cats ’till they reach eleven. Then it’s probably birds, though I’m hoping for a dark horse animal, like whales or turtles. Can’t wait to buy my copy of Galapagos.
“the next version of OS X, presumably to be designated Mac OS X 10.7”
Going out on a limb there, eh?
Comment from: Zune Tang®
Lol the only snow pussy is you mate, oooh love your pink twitter page
Clouded Leopard…..Cloud Computing
My three year MBP runs 10 4.11 flawlessly. I plan on upgrading in December, but the Panther keeps on purring.
scary, I read it first glance as Mac OS X 10.7 Eric!
@Rike
it’s Tiger. Panther was 10.3.x
how about we bite the bullet and go for Lion?
Mac OSX 10.7 LION!!!!!
Why all the debate? I am happy with any type of pussy….
Wow. I just hacked into M$’s secret server and discovered the code base for their next version: <a href=”
“>Windows 8, aka “the Cloudy Lepard”<a>
sigh – that’s
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Should I wait for 10.7 before I upgrade from 10.4? It runs Firefox great and that’s about all I do.
If they want to use the clouded leopard, they should call the release “Cloud Leopard”. The clouded leopard is also sometimes called this, and it sounds better for a software release.
That clouded leopard pic makes it look like the doofy leopard of the bunch. I hope that’s not a sign, besides do we really need another leopard?
PUMA!
Let the lawsuits begin.
Clouded Leopard does not roll off the tongue and has mixed connotations, so I don’t see it passing the marketing test.
Cloud Leopard works a lot better, but “cloud” in this context is too literal (obvious) so I don’t know if that one will float for long either. Plus, two releases under the Leopard banner is probably enough.
It must be very tempting for them to use Lion, and I especially like the way you could work Lion Pride into it (ties into the “cloud” connotations).
The only place you can go after Lion is Sabre, but would you say the connotations are all good there (extinct and violent)?
So if they think 10.7 will be the last of the OSX before they embark upon the mystery that is OSXI, then I’d pick Lion with Lion Pride being a cloud manifestation of some sort.
Ok, enough of the OSX Daydream
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How about my Bengals?!?!?!?!
Apple is getting a lot of marketing mileage from using threatened feline species to name its OS versions. Would be nice if the company (or Jobs) took some of their cash hoard and contributed to the preservation of these animals in the wild.