Is it "ex" or "ten"? The Horse's Mouth Said …

Jon Warms jwarms at mac.com
Wed Feb 18 07:15:43 PST 2004


On Monday, Feb 16, 2004, at 22:57 Eastern, Bob Geiger wrote:

> What is the proper name for
> the OS. Is it "X" or "Ten"?

When Steve Jobs introduced OS X at the MacWorld show years
ago, he made a point of calling it "OS Ten", as in "after nine".
If I recall correctly, he even said "not 'OS ex'".

Jon



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