1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auAdam Clark Esteshttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/adamclarkestes-usa/If This 54-Year-Old Software Can Finally Release, Anything Is Possiblerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="M4V9e8eV0P"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2014/06/if-this-54-year-old-software-can-finally-release-anything-is-possible/">If This 54-Year-Old Software Can Finally Release, Anything Is Possible</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2014/06/if-this-54-year-old-software-can-finally-release-anything-is-possible/embed/#?secret=M4V9e8eV0P" width="600" height="338" title="“If This 54-Year-Old Software Can Finally Release, Anything Is Possible” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="M4V9e8eV0P" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/07/zi1fxcbak3jc55am0kzw.png?quality=751280581When development started in 1960, many people thought Project Xanadu would change the world. Then one delay led to another and another and another. But after 54 years in development the world’s most delayed software went live.