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Why do we have OS names like Mountain Lion, Jellybean, and Quantal Quetzal instead of numbers?

Less of a pressing question and more a "what happened here"? At some point in the past decade (most) OS's have switched over to these codenames for their versions with names like Mountain Lion, ...

asked Dec 5 '12 at 20:22

Rachel Keslensky
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Why do we have OS names like Mountain Lion, Jellybean, and Quantal Quetzal instead of numbers?

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