[clue-talk] ReactOS

[Sean LeBlanc]

On 04-14 14:10, Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> >Anyone see or try this?
> >
> >http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html
> Yes, but I didn't really see the point in it.  I mean the main reason to 
> like Linux isn't because it's free.  And I really doubt ReactOS (which 
> if I remember correctly, was started with Win 2000 in mind) can keep up 
> with Microsoft if they keep changing things.  I think most of what 
> ReactOS uses is code from wine (or started out that way), and I would 
> hope any new stuff is added back to wine.

Yep. It's in the FAQ:

http://www.reactos.org/en/about_userfaq.html#whynotnix

For my money, it's nice to have other options for running Windows binaries
that one must run. And unfortunately, they still exist, at least for me. 

And I think a lot of the draw for Linux is definitely both because it's open
source and it's a UNIX work-alike, but an open source Windows work-alike has
its draw, too...maybe even more so for the average user in the long run...

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