The goal was to produce an operating system that would run on both Macs and IBM-based systems. The ambitious goals were shelved along the way and the entire project came to a screeching halt in 1995 after lots of money was wasted with not much to show for the effort. Delay after delay occurred, and, just a week before the first developer's release of Copland was to appear, Apple pulled the plug. For the most part, untold thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars went down the drain, except that some of the user interface elements worked their way into Mac OS 8. Gershwin never made it past the starting gate.
Success comes at last Now for the rest of the story, as a certain radio broadcaster says.
After some more bumps along the road and additional delays, the promises of over a decade are close to realization. For those with the right hardware willing to take the chance, it's possible to help Apple complete the final stage of testing their modern operating system. If you've decided to get involved, you'll want to deliver your feedback directly to Apple, to help them fix the problems and perhaps deliver a few improvements to the luscious Aqua interface before Mac OS X is complete. Gene Steinberg, first used a Mac in 1984 and never looked back. He originally studied broadcasting and then worked for a number of years as a disc jockey and newscaster.