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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Why are Linux, Windows uppercase? Where is macOS? Why is iOS lowercase?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Apple's preferred spelling is that macOS and iOS not be capitalized, much like xkcd. But yeah, now that you mention it, that just says 'ios'.

    Darn lazy memers

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I had the same question. The author didn't seem to employ the scientific rigor to call things by their correct names. It's as if they're treating it like spelling in a meme.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    iOS is lowercase for two reasons:

    • Naming consistency. Since they are already name it iPhone, might as well name the OS the same way.
    • The name was already in use. This may have not been as significant for choosing the name of Apple's OS, but when the first iPhone released, Cisco IOS was already a family of operating systems for routers and network switches, and the Wii had already released a few months before, and they also called the console's operating system(s) as IOS.
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