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If ReactOS were "ready" right now (i.e., could run 99% of all Windows 7 software unmodified), with all the bad press that Windows 8 gets, it might even have a chance to steal some market share. However, I don't think they can catch up before Microsoft manages to release another "good" version of Windows, and then the game of catch-up will start again. I hope I'm wrong. I'd really like to see this succeed.
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I really like the idea of ReactOS in concept, so I'd pitch in if their Kickstarter wasn't so blatantly what I didn't want. Cloud services? Come on.
Same here. I can't get behind that cloud services idea. If they really wanted to just improve ReactOS and do something like was done with Mesa/OpenGL ( http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-improve-opengl-suppor... ), I'd be happy to pitch in.
Guys, let's be honest here, even the "disastrous" Windows 8 in all of it's horror has sold more copies than OS X has since the very first OS X shipped.
ReactOS isn't going to make any meaningful impact on the average computer user's life.
These guys have been working at this for almost a decade (maybe longer), and they finally got Office 2003 to work... year of the linux desktop cometh! Guys, let's be honest here, even the "disastrous" Windows 8 in all of it's horror has sold more copies than OS X has since the very first OS X shipped. ReactOS isn't going to make any meaningful impact on the average computer user's life.
These guys have been working at this for almost a decade (maybe longer), and they finally got Office 2003 to work... year of the linux desktop cometh! Guys, let's be honest here, even the "disastrous" Windows 8 in all of it's horror has sold more copies than OS X has since the very first OS X shipped. ReactOS isn't going to make any meaningful impact on the average computer user's life.
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I really like the idea of ReactOS in concept, so I'd pitch in if their Kickstarter wasn't so blatantly what I didn't want. Cloud services? Come on.
So ... is this like Citrix + Windows? Replacing licensing costs of both Windows and Citrix would be a huge cost savings. It also would allow unlimited users. It says Thorium Core is a commercialization. But ReactOS is open source. So is the cloud services part going to be proprietary? (Thus foiling my idea of a free Citrix replacement.)
Not to mention the difference in cost of having any licensing vs having no licensing.
I just downloaded and installed in a virtualbox VM. It feels ridiculously snappy compared to windows. Runs Firefox with the odd crash. Impressive to see how far it has come but there is still some way to go.
I love the idea of ReactOS, but my guess is that, in the current conditions, either it will get nowhere, or it will take an extremely long time to get anywhere significant (that is, not a niche product). I've followed all the newsletters and it feels like the development it's always a somewhat working rewrite on top of a somewhat working rewrite on top of a somewhat working rewrite. The way to go, while it appears sm…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Virtual_PC#Windows_XP_M...
"Windows XP Mode is available free of charge to users of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate"
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I love the idea of ReactOS, but my guess is that, in the current conditions, either it will get nowhere, or it will take an extremely long time to get anywhere significant (that is, not a niche product). I've followed all the newsletters and it feels like the development it's always a somewhat working rewrite on top of a somewhat working rewrite on top of a somewhat working rewrite. The way to go, while it appears sm…
I bet in about 10 years Microsoft will release XP as a free product, without support, kinda like what adobe did with cs2