Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Mar 2007 14:36 UTC, submitted by mmebane
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2005-09-15
ReactOS is more than Windows. It's doing the same thing the FreeDOS has done but in advance (yes MS is going to discontinue Win32 one day). It's also doing a lot more. Don't forget that the NT design is modular and composed of subsystem. MS has never added more than the DOS, Win16 and OS/2 subsystem. Even then, the DOS layer is still far from working as good as a true DOS. The ReactOS team could create subsystem for Linux or Java or any other platform existing. It could even add a .Net subsystem and run it more natively than MS do it!
ReactOS is in fact the deadliest threat to Microsoft. A free OS that can run legacy Windows apps and that will always stay alive. No end of support here. I'd like to see Ballmer's face when this project will be stable enough to be used as an everyday desktop OS. I guess there will be chairs flying all around.