Copland 2010 revisited: Apple's language and API future

Copland 2010 revisited: Apple's language and API future: "Copland was the code name for the most infamous of Apple's several failed attempts at creating a next-generation operating system. In the 1990s, when Copland was initiated, 'next-generation' meant supporting memory protection and preemptive multitasking, both of which classic Mac OS lacked. "

Software arrives much slower than the future.