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* Bruce Coville's ''[[The Unicorn Chronicles]]''. After writing books one and two in fairly quick succession (1994 and 1999 respectively), and leaving the captive audience with a massive cliffhanger, he then dropped off the face of the earth for nine years before publishing the third book in 2008…which ends with another cliffhanger. Coville even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this in his author's note, saying that he feared fans of the first books would have outgrown the series before he finished it.
* Stephenie Meyer began a [[POV Sequel]] for the ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' series, entitled ''Midnight Sun''. She originally hoped to publish it in 2008, but after a partial draft was leaked, she put it off indefinitely, saying she wouldn't touch the novel again until she was "sure everyone's forgotten about it."
* ReactOS, an open-source operating system intended to be a drop-in replacement for [[Windows]] (specifically the NT line; there was a prior effort to clone Windows 95 around that time but that never materialised), has been in development since 1998. Over two decades later and while it did get to the point of having a functional UI based on Windows XP, broad software compatibility thanks to its use of [[WINE]] code for the user-space API side, and frequent nightly builds, not to mention an effort to lobby the Russian government with [[Vladimir Putin]] and [[Dmitry Medvedev]] being given a demo presentation in order for Russia to adopt the OS and thus reduce its dependence on Western technology, it is yet to receive a stable release to par with even a Windows development build. Lack of manpower, allegations of code theft (though they did assert that while source codes to 2000 and XP were indeed leaked in recent years, they would in no way use it in their project, even if it did significantly aid with the project, legally be damned), and Microsoft moving the goalposts around more often than not caused the ReactOS project to slow down to a crawl.
* A Filipino tech company named BiTMICRO Networks [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111014005964/en/Philippines%3C!--E2--%3E80%99-Industry-Led-Microelectronics-Institute-Unveiled announced] that they would be developing a microprocessor named in honour of polymath and national hero [[Jose Rizal]]. While it did get some [https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/16081/soon-%3C!--E2--%3E80%98rizal%3C!--E2--%3E80%99-will-run-computers-electronics press] [https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/230305 coverage] brimming on national pride and with the Philippine government [https://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2011/0622_angara2.asp pledging support] for it, little, if any has since surfaced from the Rizal processor project.
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