Gershwin

Gershwin was the code name for an operating system project at Apple Computer that was supposed to succeed Copland.

The major issue that Gershwin was to resolve was memory management. Copland was to have implemented pre-emptive multitasking as a priority by 1995, leaving other features for Gershwin by 1996. However, the Copland project was plagued by feature creep and repeatedly missed ship dates. No engineering work was being done on Gershwin, which consisted of little more than marketing materials.

Gershwin was cancelled by Apple CTO Ellen Hancock along with Copland in August 1996. Apple instead acquired NeXT for its technology, leading to the return of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and released Mac OS 8 in August 1997 with Copland's Platinum appearance. Many of Gershwin's planned features were to be implemented by "Rhapsody", which was derived from NeXTSTEP and eventually became Mac OS X.