In mid-1996, information was leaked that Copland would have the ability to run applications written for other operating systems including Windows NT. Simultaneously allegedly confirmed by Copland engineers and authoritatively denied by Copland project management, this feature had supposedly been in development for more than 3 years. One user claimed to have been told about these plans by members of the Copland development team. Some analysts projected that this ability would increase Apple's penetration into the enterprise market, others said it was "game over" and was only a sign of the Mac platform's irrelevancy.