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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction judgment on January 6, 2008: &lt;/b&gt;To everyone&#039;s surprise (including our own), this prediction did not come true.  The community was 86% positive that this would come to pass, and in a rare instance was wrong.  -- The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Apple&#039;s director of engineering of Unix technologies, Jordan Hubbard, pushed up an unofficial slide noting a Snow Leopard release of Q1 2009 during a presentation on the evolution of OS X at the LISA &#039;08 conference last week. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-due-in-q1-2009/&quot;&gt;MacRumors&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;While technical readers may find the content of Hubbard&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usenix.org%2Fevents%2Flisa08%2Ftech%2Fhubbard_talk.pdf&amp;amp;t=1227114002&quot;&gt;presentation slides (PDF)&lt;/a&gt; quite interesting, the most surprising revelation is a more specific target date for Apple&#039;s Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): 1st Quarter 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Will Apple formally &lt;i&gt;announce or demo&lt;/i&gt; Snow Leopard during the keynote address at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco?  Judgment will be made after the conclusion of the keynote.  Let the community decide.  Place your bets below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Photo of leopard: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/19598613@N00/&quot; title=&quot;Link to ltshears&#039; photostream&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ltshears&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, composite by The Standard)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction judgment on January 6, 2008: &lt;/b&gt;To everyone&#039;s surprise (including our own), this prediction did not come true.  The community was 86% positive that this would come to pass, and in a rare instance was wrong.  -- The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Apple&#039;s director of engineering of Unix technologies, Jordan Hubbard, pushed up an unofficial slide noting a Snow Leopard release of Q1 2009 during a presentation on the evolution of OS X at the LISA &#039;08 conference last week. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-due-in-q1-2009/&quot;&gt;MacRumors&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;While technical readers may find the content of Hubbard&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usenix.org%2Fevents%2Flisa08%2Ftech%2Fhubbard_talk.pdf&amp;amp;t=1227114002&quot;&gt;presentation slides (PDF)&lt;/a&gt; quite interesting, the most surprising revelation is a more specific target date for Apple&#039;s Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): 1st Quarter 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Will Apple formally &lt;i&gt;announce or demo&lt;/i&gt; Snow Leopard during the keynote address at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco?  Judgment will be made after the conclusion of the keynote.  Let the community decide.  Place your bets below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Photo of leopard: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/19598613@N00/&quot; title=&quot;Link to ltshears&#039; photostream&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ltshears&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, composite by The Standard)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction judgment on January 6, 2008: &lt;/b&gt;To everyone&#039;s surprise (including our own), this prediction did not come true.  The community was 86% positive that this would come to pass, and in a rare instance was wrong.  -- The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Apple&#039;s director of engineering of Unix technologies, Jordan Hubbard, pushed up an unofficial slide noting a Snow Leopard release of Q1 2009 during a presentation on the evolution of OS X at the LISA &#039;08 conference last week. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-due-in-q1-2009/&quot;&gt;MacRumors&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;While technical readers may find the content of Hubbard&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usenix.org%2Fevents%2Flisa08%2Ftech%2Fhubbard_talk.pdf&amp;amp;t=1227114002&quot;&gt;presentation slides (PDF)&lt;/a&gt; quite interesting, the most surprising revelation is a more specific target date for Apple&#039;s Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): 1st Quarter 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Will Apple formally &lt;i&gt;announce or demo&lt;/i&gt; Snow Leopard during the keynote address at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco?  Judgment will be made after the conclusion of the keynote.  Let the community decide.  Place your bets below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Photo of leopard: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/19598613@N00/&quot; title=&quot;Link to ltshears&#039; photostream&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ltshears&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, composite by The Standard)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction judgment on January 6, 2008: &lt;/b&gt;To everyone&#039;s surprise (including our own), this prediction did not come true.  The community was 86% positive that this would come to pass, and in a rare instance was wrong.  -- The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Apple&#039;s director of engineering of Unix technologies, Jordan Hubbard, pushed up an unofficial slide noting a Snow Leopard release of Q1 2009 during a presentation on the evolution of OS X at the LISA &#039;08 conference last week. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-due-in-q1-2009/&quot;&gt;MacRumors&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;While technical readers may find the content of Hubbard&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usenix.org%2Fevents%2Flisa08%2Ftech%2Fhubbard_talk.pdf&amp;amp;t=1227114002&quot;&gt;presentation slides (PDF)&lt;/a&gt; quite interesting, the most surprising revelation is a more specific target date for Apple&#039;s Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): 1st Quarter 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Will Apple formally &lt;i&gt;announce or demo&lt;/i&gt; Snow Leopard during the keynote address at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco?  Judgment will be made after the conclusion of the keynote.  Let the community decide.  Place your bets below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Photo of leopard: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/19598613@N00/&quot; title=&quot;Link to ltshears&#039; photostream&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ltshears&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, composite by The Standard)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction judgment on January 6, 2008: &lt;/b&gt;To everyone&#039;s surprise (including our own), this prediction did not come true.  The community was 86% positive that this would come to pass, and in a rare instance was wrong.  -- The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Apple&#039;s director of engineering of Unix technologies, Jordan Hubbard, pushed up an unofficial slide noting a Snow Leopard release of Q1 2009 during a presentation on the evolution of OS X at the LISA &#039;08 conference last week. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-due-in-q1-2009/&quot;&gt;MacRumors&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;While technical readers may find the content of Hubbard&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usenix.org%2Fevents%2Flisa08%2Ftech%2Fhubbard_talk.pdf&amp;amp;t=1227114002&quot;&gt;presentation slides (PDF)&lt;/a&gt; quite interesting, the most surprising revelation is a more specific target date for Apple&#039;s Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): 1st Quarter 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Will Apple formally &lt;i&gt;announce or demo&lt;/i&gt; Snow Leopard during the keynote address at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco?  Judgment will be made after the conclusion of the keynote.  Let the community decide.  Place your bets below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Photo of leopard: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/19598613@N00/&quot; title=&quot;Link to ltshears&#039; photostream&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ltshears&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, composite by The Standard)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction judgment on January 6, 2008: &lt;/b&gt;To everyone&#039;s surprise (including our own), this prediction did not come true.  The community was 86% positive that this would come to pass, and in a rare instance was wrong.  -- The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Apple&#039;s director of engineering of Unix technologies, Jordan Hubbard, pushed up an unofficial slide noting a Snow Leopard release of Q1 2009 during a presentation on the evolution of OS X at the LISA &#039;08 conference last week. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-due-in-q1-2009/&quot;&gt;MacRumors&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;While technical readers may find the content of Hubbard&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usenix.org%2Fevents%2Flisa08%2Ftech%2Fhubbard_talk.pdf&amp;amp;t=1227114002&quot;&gt;presentation slides (PDF)&lt;/a&gt; quite interesting, the most surprising revelation is a more specific target date for Apple&#039;s Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): 1st Quarter 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Will Apple formally &lt;i&gt;announce or demo&lt;/i&gt; Snow Leopard during the keynote address at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco?  Judgment will be made after the conclusion of the keynote.  Let the community decide.  Place your bets below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Photo of leopard: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/19598613@N00/&quot; title=&quot;Link to ltshears&#039; photostream&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ltshears&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, composite by The Standard)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction judgment on January 6, 2008: &lt;/b&gt;To everyone&#039;s surprise (including our own), this prediction did not come true.  The community was 86% positive that this would come to pass, and in a rare instance was wrong.  -- The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Apple&#039;s director of engineering of Unix technologies, Jordan Hubbard, pushed up an unofficial slide noting a Snow Leopard release of Q1 2009 during a presentation on the evolution of OS X at the LISA &#039;08 conference last week. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-due-in-q1-2009/&quot;&gt;MacRumors&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;While technical readers may find the content of Hubbard&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usenix.org%2Fevents%2Flisa08%2Ftech%2Fhubbard_talk.pdf&amp;amp;t=1227114002&quot;&gt;presentation slides (PDF)&lt;/a&gt; quite interesting, the most surprising revelation is a more specific target date for Apple&#039;s Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): 1st Quarter 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Will Apple formally &lt;i&gt;announce or demo&lt;/i&gt; Snow Leopard during the keynote address at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco?  Judgment will be made after the conclusion of the keynote.  Let the community decide.  Place your bets below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Photo of leopard: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/19598613@N00/&quot; title=&quot;Link to ltshears&#039; photostream&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ltshears&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, composite by The Standard)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction judgment on January 6, 2008: &lt;/b&gt;To everyone&#039;s surprise (including our own), this prediction did not come true.  The community was 86% positive that this would come to pass, and in a rare instance was wrong.  -- The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Apple&#039;s director of engineering of Unix technologies, Jordan Hubbard, pushed up an unofficial slide noting a Snow Leopard release of Q1 2009 during a presentation on the evolution of OS X at the LISA &#039;08 conference last week. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-due-in-q1-2009/&quot;&gt;MacRumors&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;While technical readers may find the content of Hubbard&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usenix.org%2Fevents%2Flisa08%2Ftech%2Fhubbard_talk.pdf&amp;amp;t=1227114002&quot;&gt;presentation slides (PDF)&lt;/a&gt; quite interesting, the most surprising revelation is a more specific target date for Apple&#039;s Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): 1st Quarter 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Will Apple formally &lt;i&gt;announce or demo&lt;/i&gt; Snow Leopard during the keynote address at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco?  Judgment will be made after the conclusion of the keynote.  Let the community decide.  Place your bets below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Photo of leopard: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/19598613@N00/&quot; title=&quot;Link to ltshears&#039; photostream&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ltshears&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, composite by The Standard)&lt;/p&gt;
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