Surely contributing to Wine and running their windows apps on Linux would yield better faster results than re-implement Windows from scratch. I don’t quite see who the target audience is
I agree with you, an open-source OS that could run anything Windows-related would probably be preferable for the average user over switching to something completely new and hoping you can find a workaround or compatibility layer, simply because it’s a lot more work. If ReactOS had been around and on par with Linux 20 years ago (oh gosh I’m that old…), I probably would’ve gone with that on the old PowerBook my grandma gave me rather than Ubuntu, just because I’d been using Windows. At the time, installing Ubuntu was, while the easiest way to get Linux, still not very easy, and I did bork the first hard drive. That said, I don’t regret my decision, and I probably wouldn’t ever go back to Windows, but I might still give ReactOS a try!
The value in Windows is no longer Windows. The cost of Windows license to a business is trivial. It’s all the associated services. Office, teams, SharePoint, active directory, Outlook. And the ecosystems and support that exist for them all.
Any realistic business that tries to be competitive by not paying for Windows licenses and instead buying this, is utterly delusional.
Linux doesn’t work for most people, and Windows and Mac are corporate. I hope ReactOS succeeds.
ReactOS is funded by the state Duma of the Russian Federation. If you want the OS to succeed you can hope for the end of the Ukrainian invasion.
Otherwise the OS can fucking die a slow miserable death along with the Russians in Ukraine for all we care.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14899507
Russian State Ministry of Communications
“ReactOS as a second OS in Russian government’s software freedom effort | ReactOS Project”. www.reactos.org
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The Foundation as a whole existed in two tiers, with the administrative body based in Russia and regional branches that handled donations in their respective regions.
The ReactOS Foundation was established on June 5, 2002 and was based in Saransk, Russia.
I didn’t understand your point so I thought to reiterate with proof that ReactOS is Russian state sponsored and continues to be.
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Mr. Butts, you sweet sweet summer child.
First thing about ReactOS that makes any kind of sense.
Honestly they should have just gone the North Korea route and contributed upstream to WINE.
North Korea did what?
I meant roll their own Linux distro, and if they want Windows compatibility, they can go tweak WINE.
It’s russian? Then fuck this os
I mean I wish them the best, but they’ve been chasing Windows for decades, at what point exactly is this “success” to be measured?
When they’re successful, it will be a good day. For now, it’s all about having fun with the journey.
Surely contributing to Wine and running their windows apps on Linux would yield better faster results than re-implement Windows from scratch. I don’t quite see who the target audience is
I agree with you, an open-source OS that could run anything Windows-related would probably be preferable for the average user over switching to something completely new and hoping you can find a workaround or compatibility layer, simply because it’s a lot more work. If ReactOS had been around and on par with Linux 20 years ago (oh gosh I’m that old…), I probably would’ve gone with that on the old PowerBook my grandma gave me rather than Ubuntu, just because I’d been using Windows. At the time, installing Ubuntu was, while the easiest way to get Linux, still not very easy, and I did bork the first hard drive. That said, I don’t regret my decision, and I probably wouldn’t ever go back to Windows, but I might still give ReactOS a try!
If it does, a corporation will buy and use it
It’s FOSS. I’d imagine people would fork it, because fuck it
No, they won’t.
The value in Windows is no longer Windows. The cost of Windows license to a business is trivial. It’s all the associated services. Office, teams, SharePoint, active directory, Outlook. And the ecosystems and support that exist for them all.
Any realistic business that tries to be competitive by not paying for Windows licenses and instead buying this, is utterly delusional.
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