Well, technically, it released Mac OS X into the wilds with its public beta program, but since this preview version of OS X was codenamed “Kodiak,” a species of bear found in Alaska, I think I ...

The Mac OS X Public Beta, nicknamed “Kodiak”, was an early beta version of Apple’s Mac OS X operating system Cheetah. It was released to the public on September 13, 2000 for $29.95.

After a developer preview version, Mac OS X Public Beta (internally it had the code name Kodiak) arrived in 2000, and while it was technically a beta version, Apple still charged $30 for the ...