
The Copland Crisis
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Even before the Mac celebrated its tenth anniversary in 1994, it was clear
that its operating system was in need of a major overhaul if it was to remain
ahead of Windows in terms of functionality, stability, and ease of use. That
it continued to work so well a decade after its creation was testimony to its
original elegance and the hard work of Apple’s engineers in adding features
without sacricing backward compatibility. But there’s just so much you
can pile onto an old foundation before it starts cracking. Apple wanted a
next-generation OS to beat Windows 95 (code-named Chicago) to market
in 1995 that would offer intelligent ...