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Aaagh! Why these infantile names?
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Andy2
16-11-2012
OK, I admit to being a bit of a grump these days, but why are we seeing platforms, software, OS's etc wuth such kiddy names?

Ice cream sandwich
Jelly Bean
Raspberry Pi.

What's the thinking behind it? Indeed is there any?
Anika Hanson
16-11-2012
I think the worst is key lime pie.
john176bramley
16-11-2012
I quite like them, it's more fun than iOS4, iOS5, iOS6, etc.
IvanIV
16-11-2012
At least there's a lot of them, Apple is running out of wild felines, the next OSX will have to be called Hello Kitty.
JeffG1
16-11-2012
At least Eclipse uses more grown-up names: Europa, Ganymede, Galileo, Helios, Indigo, Juno.

Don't know why there is no F and 2 G's though.
theonlyweeman
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by Andy2:
“OK, I admit to being a bit of a grump these days, but why are we seeing platforms, software, OS's etc wuth such kiddy names?

Ice cream sandwich
Jelly Bean
Raspberry Pi.

What's the thinking behind it? Indeed is there any?”

The first two are Android versions, Android versions are always named after foodstuff (generally some kind of sweet food or pudding)
jabbamk1
16-11-2012
Android is named alphebetically with each version. Its also name after a desert.

So it goes, A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K
Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice cream sandwich, Jelly bean, Key lime pie etc...

Not really kiddy names, and like mentioned above there are still version numbers
LostFool
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“Android is named alphebetically with each version. Its also name after a desert.

So it goes, A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K
Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice cream sandwich, Jelly bean, Key lime pie etc...

Not really kiddy names, and like mentioned above there are still version numbers”

<slaps head>

Oh my word. I have been using these names for ages but hadn't realised they were in alphabetical order! I always struggled to remember which order they came in - now it's easy! Doh!
stud u like
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“Android is named alphebetically with each version. Its also name after a desert.

So it goes, A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K
Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice cream sandwich, Jelly bean, Key lime pie etc...

Not really kiddy names, and like mentioned above there are still version numbers”

Looks up froyo. I expected it to be something more exciting than shoving some yoghurt into a freezer.
jabbamk1
16-11-2012
Yeh, I would like to see more fancy/classy deserts rather than snack ones aha.

I missed out cupcake btw. Forgot about that one.
Gormond
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“So it goes, A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K
Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice cream sandwich, Jelly bean, Key lime pie etc...”

Don't forget Cupcake

Edit: I see you beat me to it lol
Anika Hanson
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by stud u like:
“Looks up froyo. I expected it to be something more exciting than shoving some yoghurt into a freezer.”

froyo is very yummy though

I don't mind the naming system, I just don't like the name key lime pie!
chenks
16-11-2012
no-ones mentioned ubuntu yet....
sheppy124
16-11-2012
I think android should bring out apple pie
Gormond
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by sheppy124:
“I think android should bring out apple pie”

Sadly A has passed
Zack06
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by sheppy124:
“I think android should bring out apple pie”

A and B were named after robots....A for Astro and B for Bender....then they switched to desserts starting with C for Cupcake...Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, K(ey Lime Pie).....gosh it's so fun typing that....
Gormond
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by Zack06:
“A and B were named after robots....A for Astro and B for Bender....then they switched to desserts starting with C for Cupcake...Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, K(ey Lime Pie).....gosh it's so fun typing that....”

I think the names are kinda fun, it's the reason I like the way Apple name OSX after cats. Names like iOS1, iOS2... S just boring.

And don't get me starting on Windows... Their naming scheme must be made up by a child or a crazy man called ballmer
jabbamk1
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by Gormond:
“
And don't get me starting on Windows..., Their naming scheme must be made up by a child or a crazy man called ballmer ”

What's the difference?

c4rv
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by Gormond:
“I think the names are kinda fun, it's the reason I like the way Apple name OSX after cats. Names like iOS1, iOS2... S just boring.

And don't get me starting on Windows... Their naming scheme must be made up by a child or a crazy man called ballmer ”

windows versions were named after physical locations for a while, I don't think 8 had a code name. Wiki has it listed as Metro (not longer used due to legal action) but I thought that was the name of the interface design.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...soft_codenames
Gormond
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“What's the difference?

”

Atleast iOS versions make sence but Windiws 7 is not the seventh version of windows, didn't even run a seventh version of the NT kernel, no one could explain where the 7 came from.

Also ME still gives me nightmares...
alan1302
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by Gormond:
“Atleast iOS versions make sence but Windiws 7 is not the seventh version of windows, didn't even run a seventh version of the NT kernel, no one could explain where the 7 came from.

Also ME still gives me nightmares...”

Depends how you look at things with Windows

Windows 1
Windows 2
Windows 3
Windows 95 and 98 and ME (Windows 4)
Windows XP (Windows 5)
Windows Vista (Windows 6)
Windows 7
Windows 8

Makes perfect sense to me.
Gormond
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by alan1302:
“Depends how you look at things with Windows

Windows 1
Windows 2
Windows 3
Windows 95 and 98 and ME (Windows 4)
Windows XP (Windows 5)
Windows Vista (Windows 6)
Windows 7
Windows 8

Makes perfect sense to me.”

Well you if you combine 3 major OS releases into 1 sure lol...

These were paid for new versions of windows, and sold as such, not minor updates... No more minor than vista to 7 or Windows 1 to 2.
alan1302
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by Gormond:
“Well you if you combine 3 major OS releases into 1 sure lol...

These were paid for new versions of windows, and sold as such, not minor updates... No more minor than vista to 7 or Windows 1 to 2.”

98 and ME were polished versions of 95. And Windows 7 was used for marketing reasons to get away from Vista. Seem logical - from a marketing view.
Gormond
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by alan1302:
“98 and ME were polished versions of 95. And Windows 7 was used for marketing reasons to get away from Vista. Seem logical - from a marketing view.”

Indeed it's 7 because it suited Microsoft to be so, no other reason, windows 3 was just a polished version is 1 and 2.

It wasn't the seventh retail edition of windows, even Windows guys such as Paul Thurrott agrees that it makes no sense.
alan1302
16-11-2012
Originally Posted by Gormond:
“Indeed it's 7 because it suited Microsoft to be so, no other reason, windows 3 was just a polished version is 1 and 2.

It wasn't the seventh retail edition of windows, even Windows guys such as Paul Thurrott agrees that it makes no sense.”

If you look at it as I did it makes perfect sense. It's just done for marketing reasons - a name does not need to make sense. No different than when Palm went from the III model straight to the V
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