Apple To Slow Pace Of Major OS X Releases

May 18th, 2004 at 3:00 PM - News by Bryan Chaffin

At a technology conference in San Francisco, Apple Chief Software Technology Officer Avie Tevanian said that Apple would slow the pace of major OS X releases. In coverage of the event from CNet, Mr. Tevanian is quoted as saying "Weire slowing that (pace) down a little bit...because thatis not a sustainable rate. But youill still see us go really fast."

Apple has been releasing one major Mac OS X release per year since it was first released in the early part of 2001. The most recent version, Mac OS X 10.3, or Panther, was released in October of last year, while the next version, Tiger, will be unveiled during Juneis WWDC event.

CNet reports that Mr. Tevanian also discussed Appleis appeal to business:

During his talk, Tevanian said Apple has made great progress in making its products a good fit for businesses but said it will take time before they are seen that way.

"Weive not been strong in that market in the recent past at all," he said. "We donit expect people to automatically just believe that this product is the best thing for them."

"Our goal right now is to just have people take a look," Tevanian said. "I think most people who take a look and have an open mind will be very pleasantly surprised."

Thereis more information in the full story, which we recommend as an interesting read.