[ros-dev] Nevermind

[Rick Langschultz]

Since I heard of reactos, i have always considered it one day  
replacing my Windows 2000 and XP boxes. Because ReactOS was going to  
be an open-source alternative to the Windows NT API I felt that it  
had and has serious potential to hinder or greatly replace Microsoft  
Windows. I have suggested several ideas both through IRC (freenode)  
and email messages how the computing world does things. I understand  
that ReactOS is still in pre-production, and planning for the next  
release is greatly important to the community development and testing  
of the operating system, however I fail to grasp the concept behind  
the hindrance of ideas being passed the the development community.  
Some development plans I have talked about were:
     1 - A 64 bit journaling file system with a SQL-like back-end.
          Lookout WinFS; there that plan went down the drain.
     2 - Implementing an instant messenger server for developers and  
users to talk on, realtime, without IRC.
          Maybe not quite MSN Messenger, but why not? iChat even  
uses .mac.
     3 - Implementing an OpenLDAP back-end to the website.
         Active Directory has nothing on you... Plan knocked out again.

i would rather stick with something close minded like closed source  
software than having no ideas be recognized at all.
I only suggest things like this because Microsoft will always be  
releasing newer software that will leave reactos in the dust if they  
not heed the advice of all, not just me, their developers, testers,  
and users.

Why not; right? why envision something and it fail to be realized,  
waste of time if i ever knew it...

Rick Langschultz
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