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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.
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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.
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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?
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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. ![]() |
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There are some things in life I've never been able to understand such as why folks go for a meal in a classy restaurant and then drink Coke with it.
![]() I'm also at a loss to understand why 10 years down the road from when ReactOS was first conceived, the devs are "proud" to announce the latest alpha release!!! ![]() Now 10 years ago a whole chunk of the OS consuming world have loved to have a free and functional XP clone at their fingertips, but now??? Still, for those with little better to do in their lives, here is a link to the announcement. ![]() https://www.reactos.org/project-news...s-040-released
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No disputing that but often allegiance to such projects can be somewhat misguided, even at Nobel level.
![]() http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/scie...y-science.html I just feel all this energy and expertise would have greater benefit if directed towards a Linux or Android port project. Failing that, they could always offer to help Microsoft make something more useful. ![]()
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so - still playing with the the 0.40 release in a vBulletin,
& debating whether to try a bare metal install, or not. .. it's come a long way, from when it was first mentioned, at the start of this thread, but some of the software that is available within it's application manager - is outdated. & in my vBulletin - some updates - crash. either way - if an updated browser & office suite were available, then that would still suit lots of folks, who are still running an outdated XP system. - it's quite surprising, in just how many folks, that still are using that system - too. |
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