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I'm kind of surprised and amused that they chose the name of an old Ubuntu release (October 2010): http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/maverick/

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I'm kind of surprised and amused that Ubuntu chose the name of a NBA expansion team (1980): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks

I'm kind of surprised and amused that the NBA expansion team chose the name of a Roast Beef Sandwich restaurant in Minnesota. http://www.mavericksroastbeef.com

I'm kind of surprised and amused that the NBA expansion team chose the name of a surfing location in Northern California (1961): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavericks_(location)

;)

If the next releases are all California surf spots, I'm all for it.

I'd be more excited if they used fictitious navy pilot call signs, maverick, goose, iceman, merlin... Who's with me?

Top Gun?

Yeah! Want the next one names OSX Cruise? :-)

Great balls of fire!

I honestly thought Sea Lion was pretty cool.

..which was named after a dog. So I suppose in a round about way it is still named after an animal.

The Half Moon Bay review (the newspaper of the town next to Northern California's Mavericks surf spot) is positively tickled pink about all this: http://www.hmbreview.com/news/apple-taps-mavericks-for-new-p...

I'm kind of surprised and amused that a Roast Beef Sandwich restaurant in Minnesota chose a name that refers to a cow that has escaped from a ranch and lived out its days stringy and free from the slaughterhouse.

"Mavericks" is different than both the singular noun/adjective found in Ubuntu, "Maverick" and the plural adjective/noun NBA team, "Mavericks". It is a singular place name - "Mavericks". Cook got it mixed up a few times in the keynote too. It's a tricky one to use...

That actually is pretty weird from a trademark point of view.

(Things called maverick which are not operating systems are irrelevant for that!)

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