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August 14, 2006 | Comments: (0)
Apple suffers Leopard leak - really
A cub version of Leopard is on the loose.
A preview version of Apple's much anticipated Mac OS X 10.5 made its way onto file-sharing networks such as BitTorrent this past weekend, according to various publications.
Attendees at last week's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) received copies of the beta ware and had to sign legally binding agreements not to let Leopard stray onto file-sharing networks. Perhaps someone didn't read the not-so-fine print?
MacUser reports that this version of Leopard is indeed legit, unlike a fake one that was reportedly making its rounds last week. The version of Leopard available on BitTorrent is 4.3GB, containing 93 files.
History shows that Apple does not take kindly to leaks. Last December, the company went after three folks who made Mac OS X Tiger available on BitTorrent. The company settled with one of the leakers last March.
According to MacWorld, "early reports from people claiming to use the software claim that certain parts of it 'feel' incomplete."
Notably, the company has said publicly that it's not yet revealing all the Leopard has to offer in anticipation of battling Microsoft's release of Vista next year.
Despite what some critics are saying, InfoWorld Mac maven Tom Yager has registered some excitement about the forthcoming OS.
Posted by Ted Samson on August 14, 2006 11:42 AM
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It is a bit strange that leaking leopard on the web should be good for microsoft. As a developer for Apple microsoft has had the operating system hand out by apple on the previeuw date. Perhaps sooner because they are a big player in the apple software market.
So what is going on here? I think it would be wise to give all the developers a copy of the beast so they control of what version is circulating.
Greetings
"A cub version of Leopard is on the loose"...
It took me a while to figure out what this meant... because Leopards have _kittens_, not cubs!
Posted by: Prak at August 15, 2006 10:57 AMI went to the WWDC and received a version of leopard. It's nothing to be too impressed with since its still a very beta version. The only reason developers are excited is some impressive new api's and development tools were drastically enhanced to make application development easier and more interactive. So far i'm not too impressed with the beta copy of this OS, the virtual memory usage on my MacBook Pro went from ~500MB to 36GB.
Posted by: Trevor at August 15, 2006 11:06 AMActually Prak, leopards (and all other wildcats) have cubs. Only domestic housecats have kittens.
Stick to computers, and let those of us who work with animals wax intellectual on the subject.
Posted by: Chris at August 22, 2006 01:52 PMdoesn't work on mac mini's at all tried it it is bull because it says it requires a dual layer dvd disk and once you copy it to a dual layer dvd disk it doesn't work it just sits there
Posted by: john madsen at September 13, 2006 08:15 AM"It took me a while to figure out what this meant... because Leopards have _kittens_, not cubs!"
No - Leopards, as all carnivorous mammals, indeed have cubs...
Posted by: Troy at December 9, 2006 10:00 AM"No - Leopards, as all carnivorous mammals, indeed have cubs..."
House cats are "carnivorous mammals" and they have kittens. However, leopards have cubs per Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard
eat your heart out!
Posted by: example at June 12, 2007 08:46 AM+1 for cubs. Here's a link to the San Diego Zoo. I'm certain they are an authority.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-leopard.html
Actually, Wikipedia is pretty reliable. Besides, what else is there? You're not going to pay for encarta are you???
Long Live OS X!
Long live Ubuntu!
Actually, I am a carniverous mammal, and I'm pretty sure I don't have cubs....
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