ReactOS

[Anupam]

Yes, money might be a problem required for funding of the project. Other than that, what they are trying to achieve is quite a difficult task, because Windows is not open source, and whatever they have for working on, is from some of the documentation, or other parts, that are available to public.

I won't say that they are trying to revive a dead system, and they are not trying to build an XP clone, but their idea is to build an open source, and free Windows system.

They still have a long way to go.

[MidnightCowboy]

My take on this is that they've had to reverse engineer a lot of the stuff with little documentary assistance which is some commitment and quite an achievement.

As with everything, stability will be the key, but I hope they succeed.

[Anupam]

Yes, that is indeed quite an achievement. I would also say courageous, because with all these factors, it seems quite an ambitious project, and I too hope that they succeed.

Apart from stability, another factor would be usability.

It would be interesting to see how would MS react once ReactOS becomes usable, because if a usable ReactOS is available, who would go for Windows?

[Hoppy]

Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

From what I see, it seems what is holding this group back is money.
Naturally most of the talent that is this way inclined is already committed to one Linux project or another.

I don't subscribe to the fact that it's trying to revive an already dead system, because XP is only dead because MS brought out W7 and told us it was

Lol
Yep, its amazing how 7 is regarded as a fine operating system because most things work properly, i'm stumped when people say, "why should i upgrade?"
Well if eye candy is not your thing, (which for me it isn't) err,, then il be fooked if i know.