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>open source people complain Windows is worst OS
>open source people try to remake worst OS from scratch as ReactOS
I appreciate the talent and commitment this would need, but I honestly don't really understand why people would do this.
@throwaway1
Wouldn't ReactOS be forced to have a lot of the same backwards compatibility though? Or do they have a cut point after which they don't plan on supporting older software?
@throwaway1
>from the user's perspective, running software written for Windows is a feature
True. In Linux + Wine's case it's great, cause it adds to all the features Linux has.
But for ReactOS, what other features does it bring?
I get that backwards compatibility is a saddle, a burden an anchor Windows carries. My point is, is ReactOS going to carry the same burden to the same degree? In which case what advantage will it have over Windows, since the backwards compatibility will surely slow it down just like Windows? So what's the point of choosing it over Windows?
Or will it have a cut off point to it's backwards compatibility and be focused more on "current" software compatibility? In which case I can envision it having a significant speed increase over Windows, but it may never be a complete replacement, since some software may never work.
Microsoft sees it one way, and the user sees it another way, and ReactOS sees it a third way
"it" being "compatibility with old Windows software"
@throwaway1
So if I understand it right, ReactOS is aiming for old Windows software compatibility and not new software compatibility? Like a sort of Windows 98/XP? In which case, the following screenshot encompasses my reaction too.
@throwaway1
In that case I wouldn't call Windows software compatibility a "value add" for ReactOS since it's the only value it seems to have. To be "value add" it should ADD to something else.
Wine is a value add for Linux.
And for Microsoft Windows, backwards compatibility, all the way to niche MS-DOS things is a value add to their modern APIs.
ReactOS is trying to capitalize on that so that M$ isn't the only game in town for the product that their backwards compatibility supplies.
Think of it this way: compatibility with existing Windows software is a value add. There is market demand for that. Only Microsoft was able to provide that, and then things like Wine and ReactOS came along. Now Microsoft has gratis competition for something where they used to have a monopoly. It's not very strong competition, but it's not nothing. From the user's perspective, running software written for Windows is a feature.