Apple's Steve Jobs discusses the upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" operating system. Photo from Creative Commons by jediduke/flickr
The actor, environmentalist, and philanthropist Leonardo DiCaprio has committed $1 million to a campaign to save tigers.
PR: The Leonardo Dicaprio Fund At CCF Commits $1 Million to WWF TO Save Tigers Now
"As world leaders gather for a historic summit to save tigers from extinction, Leonardo DiCaprio today committed $1 million to World Wildlife Fund for urgent tiger conservation efforts through his Fund at the California Community Foundation. ..."
DiCaprio has already urged Apple Inc. to help in this cause, as reported by Andrew Revkin in his Dot Earth blog at the New York Times:
Revkin began asking in September whether Apple (and its CEO Steve Jobs) would be willing to make a small investment to help save the big cats.
Apple has used imagery and names of large cats for many years to identify its increasingly popular computer operating system: Cheetah, Puma, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, and soon, Lion. So far, no response from Apple.
During its last quarter profit report Apple Inc. indicated it had more than $25 billion in cash on hand. (link below)
Perhaps if the campaigners are unable to get support from Apple in this worthy cause, they might consider an appeal to Bill Gates. Microsoft's computer operating systems are not named after these increasingly endangered big cats, but Mr. Gates has come to realize the considerable value of giving back to the planet that gave him his $ billions. Thank you, Bill.
Below: From Wikipedia: Logos/box-art of Mac OS X. From left to right: (Box 1) Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah)/10.1 (Puma) (Cheetah and Puma shared the same box art), (Box 2) 10.2 (Jaguar), (Box 3) 10.3 (Panther), (Box 4) 10.4 (Tiger), (Box 5) 10.5 (Leopard), (Box 6) 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
Disclosure: I own 40 shares of AAPL stock in a retirement account. The only computers I've ever owned have been built and sold by Apple, the first being an Apple IIc in 1984. Posted via email from Signs From Earth Notes