Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 5th Dec 2006 22:12 UTC, submitted by frik85
ReactOS ReactOS, the open source implementation of a Windows XP/2003 compatible operating system, does support now Intel Mac computers with bootcamp installed and Parallels' virtual machine. Furthermore the new ReactOS roadmap has been published yesterday. Today's interview features ReactOS developer and former project coordinator, Steven Edwards. Read it all on the ReactOS website.
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Too late
by mcduck on Wed 6th Dec 2006 07:01 UTC
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2005-11-23

Sorry to say, i think ReactOS is too little, too late.

Within a year or so, most corporations will have migrated to Windows Vista and .net 3.0, and within a couple of years most Windows software will be written for Windows Vista only.

ReactOS's role might be to provide support for legacy software that is not updated/maintained, and won't run on Vista. I can't see ReactOS gaining .net 3.0 support anytime soon.

This ofc goes for Linux also. I cant see Wine getting 3.0 support anything soon either.

Sadly, Microsoft has software creators by the balls with Vista.

Edited 2006-12-06 07:02