What if windows were open source, free, and recoded from the ground up?

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What if windows were open source, free, and recoded from the ground up?

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ShawnZ
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O.P. What if windows were open source, free, and recoded from the ground up?

then you'd have reactOS.

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its a community project. its amazing, it installs in about 30 seconds and starts in about 5.

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07-24-2006 02:19 AM

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RE: What if windows were open source, free, and recoded from the ground up?

Does it suffer from the same security issues too?

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07-24-2006 08:53 AM

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RE: What if windows were open source, free, and recoded from the ground up?

unplug ya PC from the wall if ya paranoid about security

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RE: What if windows were open source, free, and recoded from the ground up?

i think i remember a thread about this a while back, looks pretty neat (Y)

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07-24-2006 08:59 AM

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RE: What if windows were open source, free, and recoded from the ground up?

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Does it suffer from the same security issues too?

Probably not (as much) seeing it is waaaaaay far from containing all the code needed to properly run any Windows program (yes I know it is in alpha stage, but still).

It may provide support for basic and some less basic stuff, but I don't see how this can support any tidbit there is regarding Windows API's and stuff and other deep level stuff. As such it will not contain the errors associated with those.

All I think of this is that it is a nice experiment and stuff, but it will never be able to totally replace Windows. I rather want to think of this as an emulator; it can run some basic Windows programs provided those programs use only the supported API's and stuff.

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07-24-2006 09:01 AM

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RE: What if windows were open source, free, and recoded from the ground up?

I've been using ReactOS for about a year (not everyday but a few times a week) it is really good.

07-24-2006 09:12 PM

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