Comment Version numbering (Score 2, Insightful) 87
The way I see it is this: there are two operating systems made for the Mac: Mac OS, and Mac OS X. Mac OS has versions numbering 1 - 9.x.x. Mac OS X numbering just starts at 10.x.x - there's no Mac OS X version 1 or 4 or 8, but that's the way life is. It's probably spoken most accurately as 'Mac oh-ess ten version ten-point-one-point-five' (or 'dot-one-dot-five,' if you're The Steve).
As for Jaguar, it will most likely be Mac OS X version 10.2, although that's not certain. (There has been some speculation that it will be 10.5 instead, but I have a feeling that Mac OS X 10.x.x will be around for a while - Apple's going to let it mature fully, so I doubt there will be any early leaps.) I don't think it will be 10.II or X.II or anything strange like that - that will only make things more confusing than they are already.
Of course, this leads to yet more confusion with the next iteration of the modern, UNIX-based Mac operating system - will it be Mac OS 11, or Mac OS X version 11, or...?
Meh. Just my take.
As for Jaguar, it will most likely be Mac OS X version 10.2, although that's not certain. (There has been some speculation that it will be 10.5 instead, but I have a feeling that Mac OS X 10.x.x will be around for a while - Apple's going to let it mature fully, so I doubt there will be any early leaps.) I don't think it will be 10.II or X.II or anything strange like that - that will only make things more confusing than they are already.
Of course, this leads to yet more confusion with the next iteration of the modern, UNIX-based Mac operating system - will it be Mac OS 11, or Mac OS X version 11, or...?
Meh. Just my take.
