Why called MACOSX.COM

Langley

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Why call ourselves MACOSX.COM? What I mean is what happen to the forum name if OS11 comes out? ;)
 
Well, I think when Mac OS XI (or whatever, Mac OS X 11) comes out, which may not be for a while since Apple's releasing .1 upgrades every year (meaning 11 would come in 2010), we'll still be called macosx.com if the site's even around.
 
But, apple hasn't gone past a .6 incrememnt since os8. and while each successive version (.1, .2, .3) are HUGE improvements over the previous, how long will it be before we see something the likes of the 8.6 ->9.0 changes??
 
apple has done lots of things since os x that they've never done before. we very well may see 10.9 if the allure of os x holds up. it's all marketing.

but don't think your question hasn't been thought of and some solutions already in place. like an alternate mac related domain name.

truth is that scott has talked about or tried to take that step a couple of times in the past and members/mods have always wanted it to stay as is for the time being. i am one of those very opposed to any name change. let's live in the moment and enjoy it while it's here. when os x dies, then we'll evolve into the next phase along with apple. but right now os x is what is hot - it's still what people want to know about. this is the best site to find out.
 
Pengu, the transition from 10.0 -> 10.1 is like the transition from 8.0 to 9.0. So is 10.1 -> 10.2, and so will be 10.2 -> 10.3. The .1 upgrades are very misleading, since usually .1 upgrades are free or low-cost.
 
From a marketing standpoint, I think Apple would stick with X as long as possible since "ex" is used more often than "ten". And OS "Ex" is much catchier than OS 11 "eleven".
 
Yes, very subliminable. Or should I say subliminal?

What about Mac OS Xi (rhymes with pi)?

EDIT: Changed the above to say "pi" instead of containing it in greater- and less-than brackets.
 
Please, stop suggesting we change the name of this site. The OS is still called Mac OS X and will be for a while, and even if Apple does change it I doubt Scott is going to register a new domain name and break everybody's bookmarks and everything else.
 
arden, maybe you try paying attention to what is written before you. scott already has an alternate domain name registered. and any change would still redirect macosx.com to the new name. he's actually done this once in the past. but membership outcry was very strong (along with other contributing factors) and so it reverted to macosx.com. actually the site co-existed under both names for awhile.

thinking up new names is probably not very helpful in terms of this site's future, but i have been amused at the whole idea and the creative(?) attempts at doing so. ;)
 
like i said arden, if you had actually read this thread instead of just starting in the middle of it, you would have known all that. as for the alternate name - at this point in time that's on a need to know basis. and you don't need to know. :D
 
Originally posted by edX
like i said arden, if you had actually read this thread instead of just starting in the middle of it, you would have known all that. as for the alternate name - at this point in time that's on a need to know basis. and you don't need to know. :D
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Was it www.m$osxp.com? :p :D
 
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