Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th Jan 2007 15:22 UTC, submitted by anonymous
The new ReactOS newsletter has been published. "Currently the main development branch "trunk" even though it has many new features and bug fixes since 0.3.0, it currently has several issues that prevent it from being relatively useful. Furthermore functionality that once worked no longer does, this is called a regression. Until trunk has been reasonably fixed 0.3.1 will not be released. Be assured that the developers are working hard on fixing the current issues and bringing forth a good public release as soon as humanly possible."
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RE[5]: Even after reading...
by dStreSd on Mon 8th Jan 2007 23:04
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RE[6]: Even after reading...
by umccullough on Tue 9th Jan 2007 01:19
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Oh come on...Windows 98/ME was supported until what? 2004? Stop making biased claims...
Sorry, I was referring to usable OSes - those were barely feasible for actual business usage.
I'll assume you're being sarcastic anyway - since 6 years is barely a scratch when it comes to supporting an OS. I believe you, sir, are the biased one as it's obvious you expect to pay to replace your OS every few years (and subsequently be forced to upgrade your hardware).
Edited 2007-01-09 01:23
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If that's what you're after, I can fulfill your dream today and send you one of my copies of NT 4 for free. Nobody wants that though.
Of course they don't want NT4 - microsoft doesn't support it, and Windows 2000 and XP are basically just newer versions. Otherwise, it's got the same basic shell, the same API, and the same basic kernel. The driver model has changed somewhat (especially for video drivers) - and that's probably why many hardware manufacturers don't provide drivers for it still (since it's not even supported by the vendor that created it).
You have to understand that people are literally FORCED to upgrade windows - as Microsoft leaves them with very little choice.
On the other hand, I would happily still use NT4 also, if I had to