![]() ![]() Mac OS X 10.1 was an important releases, but it is not the only thing worth noting in this announcement. ![]() As recently as the OS X Mavericks keynote, Apple has talked about the future of the operating system in terms of a “decade or more.” I don’t think a huge change like the OS 9/OS X transition is coming anytime soon, but that macOS will continue to slowly and quietly evolve and improve over the next many years. In that keynote - which has been mostly forgotten today - Schiller said that Mac OS X was designed to power the Mac “at least fifteen years, or more.” ![]() “Most programmers go on vacation after a major release,” said Jobs, “but Avie Tevanian and his team have kept working to improve Mac OS X.” Jobs said that Mac OS X already has one major update before Windows XP even ships. He ended his part by saying that he has been impressed with the speed of Apple’s OS division’s development of Mac OS X 10.1. Jobs continued with the clock metaphor, saying that Mac OS X’s original release was noon, and that we are now at six o’clock. “Now is the time to upgrade,” said Jobs, “this is the mainstream release.” A month or so before introducing the original iPod, Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller stood on stage at Seybold and announced that Mac OS X 10.1 was shipping shortly: ![]()
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