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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my biggest whish for ReactOS, is a hybrid GDI/X windowing system. This mean I could run KDE instead of the Explorer replacement and still run Windows apps natively 
KDE are porting their shell to Windows. ReactOS will also be able to run this shell when it's API's are complete enough. When this will be, should be easier to estimate once KDE have released a stable port and it is tested on ROS.
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2005-09-15
Intel Mac's do use EFI, however EFI can have a BIOS emulator module, which comes as part of Boot Camp as its needed to boot Windows.
And I don't know if this could be possible but could the GDI be accelerated using OpenGL as XGL is?
Why not make ReactOS able to boot using EFI? Windows still doesn't do it, so they would have a point against MS.
I can't see ReactOS gaining .net 3.0 support anytime soon.
Mono already have plans for .Net 3.0. I guess ReactOS with Mono could do even better than Windows. And don't ditch on ReactOS utility. WinXP can't run all Win9X apps, but nothing stop you from patching ReactOS the way to make them work. So again with Vista, I guest that it will not run all Win32 apps, and once Windows XP lifetime will end, ReactOS will be there. Just think about FreeDOS and it's success in industrial area. I see more a Windows killer in ReactOS than Linux.
Again, my biggest whish for ReactOS, is a hybrid GDI/X windowing system. This mean I could run KDE instead of the Explorer replacement and still run Windows apps natively