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I always thought apple was naming their OS releases by the names of German WWII tanks, until now. ;)

Well thats official, 10.7 will be called 'Panzer'.

Panzer don't mean panther, it means shell. Schildkrötenpanzer is a turtle's shell.

"Armour" is a better translation I think.

More detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer#Etymology

Uh? Apart from the Panther and the Tiger, none of the OSX releases matches a WWII panzer name. The Leopard I was introduced in '65 (and the Leopard II in '79), the Jaguars are either tank destroyers (introduced in '78) or fast attack boats (introduced in '58), the Puma is a not-yet-released infantry-fighting vehicle, and I haven't found any german war machine named "cheetah". That's 2 out of 6…

cheetah = Gepard

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer_Gepard

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gepard-Klasse

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