Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 5th Dec 2006 22:12 UTC, submitted by frik85
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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2005-07-11
The problem with your statements dear McDuck, is that when Vista arrives, the 10 years+ of previous Windows compatible software won't disappear from the planet...
There will still be millions of copies of Office 95, 97, XP, 2000, 2003, and 2007 out there that people will be able to run on ReactOS.
There will still be Mozilla Browsers.
There will still be millions of copies of Quicken, and TurboTax and WordPerfect, and tons of other applications that will run.
And ReactOS will allow people like me to take an old computer that I don't have a Windows License for, load it up with an OS and gift it to someone. And NOT have to get complaints that they can't buy software for it.
ReactOS will be an incredible asset once it reaches 1.0 status. And if all the naysayers put their energy and time being detractors of ReactOS into supporting it and writing code... we'd probably have a 1.0 version by now.
I'm not a coder. So I send money when I can. And I tell people about it.
ReactOS is a GOOD thing, and the people working on it are amazing.