Re: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"
Re: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"
- Subject: Re: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"
- From: Michael Turner <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:08:36 -0500
Jason,
I never heard that before. Perhaps someone will chime in to confirm.
-Michael
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From: "Bourque, Jason" <email@hidden>
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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:31:04 -0500
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: RE: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"
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Didn't they name it X because an OS already existed with the name OS 10?
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Jason Bourque
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AppleScript Developer
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MFS Investment Management
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617-954-5312
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> From: Michael Turner
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 1:01 PM
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> To: John W Baxter; email@hidden
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> Subject: Re: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"
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> John,
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>> * the trainable amongst us, that is
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> I don't think I have ever been amongst that group. :-)
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> But seriously, I think Apple is missing an excellent marketing
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> opportunity.
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> By saying "Ex" instead of "ten" Apple would step away from old boring
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> counting, suggesting that this increment is really something radical,
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> something new and exciting. (Ok, _Im_ excited) It would move the marketing
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> of the OS from a 'version number' concept to something more of the idea
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> behind the names of car brands and models. Would a Nissan 300ZX sell as
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> if pronounced "blah ten"? And to avoid the year-version plague "2001"
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> would
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> be a stroke of genius, too. With that, Apple can say "We're not like
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> them!"
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> I would urge Apple to do so.
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> -Michael
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