Yes, it’s about a month or two into the OS cycle and there’s now a 10.8.1. So it’s time to announce the name and image that will be used with the next OS. We’re down to Ocelot, Serval and Bobcat. Therefore, I would think that 10.9 will be… Drumroll…
BOBCAT! And from some Chinese factories I’ve been smuggled pictures of what the box that contains the disks will look like. It’s a little retro (disks are now retro btw). And I mean, Police Academy 2 era retro. But think of the startup sounds the OS could make. Think of how much people would want that face beaming back at them during the startup process. Just think of all the endless possibilities just in Police Academy 2 through 4! This is going to be an amazing year.
As proof, see the previous versions of OS X and their cats:
- Public Beta: Kodiak – September 2000 (still crawling Google Images looking for a picture of one of these)
- 10.0: Cheetah (March 2001)
- 10.1: Puma (September 2001)
- 10.2: Jaguar (August 2002)
- 10.3: Panther (October 2003)
- 10.4: Tiger (April 2005)
- 10.5: Leopard (October 2007)
- 10.6: Snow Leopard (August 2009)
- 10.7: Lion (July 2011)
- 10.8: Mountain Lion (July 2012)
- 10.9: Bobcat
Note: Since Puma and Cheetah were internal codenames, perhaps they’ll be recycled)
