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I always thought apple was naming their OS releases by the names of German WWII tanks, until now. ;)
by sunkencity 17y ago
I always thought apple was naming their OS releases by the names of German WWII tanks, until now. ;)
- al_james 17y agoWell thats official, 10.7 will be called 'Panzer'.
- gaius 17y agoPanzer don't mean panther, it means shell. Schildkrötenpanzer is a turtle's shell.
- ZeroGravitas 17y ago"Armour" is a better translation I think. More detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer#Etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer#Etymology
- masklinn 17y agoUh? Apart from the Panther and the Tiger, none of the OSX releases matches a WWII panzer name. The Leopard I was introduced in '65 (and the Leopard II in '79), the Jaguars are either tank destroyers (introduced in '78) or fast attack boats (introduced in '58), the Puma is a not-yet-released infantry-fighting vehicle, and I haven't found any german war machine named "cheetah". That's 2 out of 6…
- cracki 17y agocheetah = Gepard http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer_Gepard http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer_Gepard http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gepard-Klasse http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gepard-Klasse