Whats up with the silly names

[Xeen]

Today Adobe announced new versions of its digital imaging products, including Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, InDesign, InCopy, etc...

But instead of just raising the number of the version they decided to call them all version CS. So the next versions are PhotoShop CS, GoLive CS, and so on.. I dont understand why they must name their products like this. Why not just Adobe Photoshop 8.0, or GoLive 7.0 and so on??

I had the same question for Microsoft when they called Windows XP the way they did. I mean, I can understand Apple naming OSX because X is 10. But why can't companies just use regular numbers for their products??

[Refalm]

Because it sounds newish, and people will remember two letters like "XP", "MX" and "CS" better than some version number (although Counter-Strike players might remember CS as Counter-Strike and not some Adobe Product).

[TheQuirk]

Heh. I doubt Apple's real reason for calling OS 10 "OS X" was because it means "ten."

[Fett101]

Hot damn... Photoshop CS... but I'm really gonna hold out for the "Photoshop MX 3000+ R Type" edition.  

[billy_gates]

quote:Originally posted by Fett101:
Hot damn... Photoshop CS... but I'm really gonna hold out for the "Photoshop MX 3000+ R Type" edition.      

lol

[hm_murdock]

the X is kinda a double entendre

Yeah, it's because it's the roman numeral ten, but OS X comes from NeXTStep, and is built on UNIX. Both have "X" in the name.

[cahult]

quote:Originally posted by Jimmy the Shyster:
the X is kinda a double entendre

Yeah, it's because it's the roman numeral ten, but OS X comes from NeXTStep, and is built on UNIX. Both have "X" in the name.

The romans used to crucify people on X-shaped crosses...  :eek:

[billy_gates]

quote:Originally posted by cahult:


The romans used to crucify people on X-shaped crosses...   :eek:  

A lot of mac users felt they were being crucified when OSX first came out.

[xyle_one]

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