Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 31st Jan 2006 15:25 UTC, submitted by fsmdave
ReactOS "Among the many free software projects out there, I think ReactOS is particularly worth some discussion. This is an effort to create a complete, clean room re-implementation of the entire Microsoft Windows NT operating system. Here is why I think this project is important."
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Idealism
by JrezIN on Tue 31st Jan 2006 15:50 UTC
JrezIN
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2005-06-29

Idealism is the major creation force behind most of open-source movement... Political question should not stop idealist people from doing what they want... As long they're open minded, almost any project can be usefull, if not for many, for some.

Political and industry interest sure is one big reason for such sucess of the open source movement these days, but idealism still the major reason for most of these projects' creation.

If they want to bring another alternative for everyone, why bother to weak their work just for policition reasons as acelerating the adoption of another one? In the end, it's no good for anyone.

I wish luck for the ReactOS to solve the problems with that small part of the code they had last week. It's an important and decent project, no matter what.

RE: Idealism
by modmans2ndcoming on Tue 31st Jan 2006 18:46 in reply to "Idealism"
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2005-11-09

Idealism? OSS folks see software as an extension of the spiritual world?

I Think it is more pragmatism than idealism my friend :-)

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