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Re:Why do so many brands change their logos and look like ev... by smcl on Sunday July 10, 2022 @05:27AM (#32043127)
I can kinda understand the desire to simplify it to "macOS". Through the years it was

- System 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

- Mac OS 8

- Mac OS 9

- Mac OS X

And it remained at "X" for about 16 years, with sometimes substantial releases being distinguished just by a big cat name or a decimal point. Arguably the "X" part stopped being part of the versioning, and simply became part of the brand but it was definitely redundant and "mac oh-ess-ex" is at best a bit clunky to say.

It certainly wasn't necessary, but I can at least understand why they'd want to do it.

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Re:Why do so many brands change their logos and look like ev... by cyberge99 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @11:18AM (#32045530)
It’s technically pronounced OS “ten”.
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Re:Why do so many brands change their logos and look like ev... by notriddle on Sunday July 10, 2022 @12:09PM (#32045951)
Being version “10” for fifteen years is kinda stupid, though. It’s the same problem Linux had with being on version 2.6, seemingly forever.
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Re:Why do so many brands change their logos and look like ev... by smcl on Sunday July 10, 2022 @12:40PM (#32046242)
Yeah it probably is, I'd be interested to see how many people use that pronunciation though
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