Ventura is a 150 year old city where 100k people live. I know this is HN, but can we not let mega-companies capture names like this? "macOS Ventura" is far clearer.
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Ventura is 5 different cities, two different municipalities, hundreds of people, a racehorse, at least one freeway, two planes, a ship, a car, a bus company, a guitar brand (defunct), an engine, a film festival, a design show, three albums, two songs, and two bands. And an OS codename. The exclusivity you're claiming never existed, and the name capture either doesn't either, or is a long-done deal.
Hell, the name of the city you're talking about isn't even Ventura, it's San Buenaventura.
In California, Ventura CITY and Ventura county.
A simple Gooling negates the need for you to be so wrong in one comment.
Enjoy: https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/ https://www.ventura.org/
> In California, Ventura CITY and Ventura county.
> A simple Gooling negates the need for you to be so wrong in one comment.
> Enjoy: https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/ https://www.ventura.org/
From your first link:
https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/594/About-Ventura
> Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura, was founded in 1782 when Saint Junipero Serra established Mission San Buenaventura, the ninth of the California missions.
> Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura, was founded in 1782 when Saint Junipero Serra established Mission San Buenaventura, the ninth of the California missions. Serra named the mission after the Italian Saint Bonaventure, hence the nickname that Ventura is the “city of good fortune.”
https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/594/About-Ventura
https://visitventuraca.com/blog/when-san-buenaventura-became...
So I would be nicer in general but also take this as a distraction from the main point that tech companies shouldn’t squat on human names. The geographic names will be around long after the OS version is obsolete. I know multiple Alexas and a Siri who will be quite happy if Amazon and Apple rebrand, too.
If you know more than someone else, that's great—but then please share some of what you know, so the rest of us can learn (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...) - and please drop the putdowns! It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.
> please use the original title, unless it is misleading
The policy appears to invite the adding of clarity. Ie, disambiguation in this case.
I thought maybe Ventura was a sandboxing platform or tool or something.
But no apparently I'm an asshole or idiot for not keeping up with annual releases of a niche os. Jokes on jokes.
There is very little reason to pay any attention to MacOS unless you actually use it.
Hang on, I just realized that I'm assuming you're referring to a place. There's also the movie California, a movie from 1927, 1947, 1963, and 1977. There's also the rock band by that name, a Blink 182 album, a Diplo EP, and a Joni Mitchell song. The California is also a US Navy ship, maybe you meant that one?
Please help, I'm very confused. Which California are you referring to? I'm sorry but this conversation simply cannot continue until you clear that up. If it's the California Nebula, I must admit though that I've yet to visit, though the pictures look lovely this time of year.
So you don’t have to worry about being sued over name infringement.