rindolf | Apparently, Apple has decided to rename Mac OS X/OS X into "macOS". |
rindolf | Marketing people are crazy. |
pyon | ikr |
exio4 | I wanna study marketing |
ConceptThoughts | ? |
exio4 | random comments |
ConceptThoughts | a good programmer should care less about marketing.. hire a rep |
exio4 | I am no programmer |
ConceptThoughts | your no? |
ConceptThoughts | what are you doing in here then |
exio4 | programming for money is so boring |
exio4 | ConceptThoughts: it is a nice chat |
ConceptThoughts | ;o; |
ConceptThoughts | lol |
exio4 | first two words in the topic, Community Chat |
ConceptThoughts | yes but that follow Programming implying its a programming community chat |
exio4 | it is a / not and and |
exio4 | an and* |
ConceptThoughts | what's that mean |
pyon | rindolf: i have no idea how marketing people think... what exactly is going on in their heads when they determine that renaming os x to macOS might increase sales or whatever apple is trying to achieve |
pyon | rindolf: perhaps it's for consistency with iOS? |
exio4 | nvm |
exio4 | pyon: I think they want to add curiosity |
exio4 | "what changed?" |
exio4 | exploit I mean |
pyon | exio4: no it can't be just that |
exio4 | I am quite tired :( |
rindolf | pyon: see https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/pull/758#issuecomment-245765996 |
pyon | rindolf: checking |
pyon | ah so it was as i was thinking |
pyon | OK that makes sense |
rindolf | exio4: I feel that there's good marketing and there's bad marketing. |
rindolf | exio4: what is what is a matter of a lot of disagreement. |
pyon | exio4: nobody would be crazy enough to change the name of a core product just to make people wonder what happened |
rindolf | pyon: I hope that Apple's marketing department will die in a macFlame™! |
rindolf | ;-) |
pyon | rindolf: lol |
pyon | rindolf: why does it particularly annoy you that apple renamed their product? :-O |
pyon | s/product/desktop os/ |
rindolf | pyon: well, I've seen many people misspell "Mac OS X" as "MacOSX" / "macOSX" / "macosx" / "macosX" / etc. and been trying to get them to use the correct spelling and capitalisation and now it's different and lamer. |
SlashLife | Isn't it called iOS now? |
pyon | rindolf: lol |
SlashLife | Or is that only for mobile devices? |
pyon | rindolf: i don't think it's terribly important if people spell it correctly |
bacon1989 | no, that's iMobile, they renamed that yesterday in the conf |
SlashLife | Seriously? |
pyon | rindolf: it's not a real English word, it's just a product name - the only ones who should be worried about properly spelling its name are apple themselves |
rindolf | SlashLife: iOS is different than Mac OS X. |
rindolf | pyon: I've invented a pun on Mac OS X - "Mac O'Sucks" |
rindolf | it's not too funny though. |
pyon | rindolf: lol |
pyon | rindolf: i always thought “x” was meant to be pronounced “ten” |
rindolf | pyon: maybe, but no one pronounces it that way. |
rindolf | pyon: again - people have crazy marketing ideas. |
rindolf | s/crazy/unrealistic/ |
pyon | rindolf: heh |
rindolf | oh well, I'm off to sleep. |
pyon | rindolf: gn |
rindolf | pyon: heh, thanks |
rindolf | bye all |
rindolf | Good macNight! |
pyon | lol |