RE: [ros-dev] Re: New OS built on ReactOS and WinuxOS technology!

[Casper Hornstrup]

>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.com [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Rafal
> Kupiec
>  Sent: 5. juni 2005 11:42
>  To: ros-dev(a)reactos.com
>  Subject: [ros-dev] Re: New OS built on ReactOS and WinuxOS technology!
>  
>  Maybe my posts sounds a bit aggressive, but I didn't want to write
>  aggressive posts. Maybe it's that, becouse English isn't my strong side?
>  I'm not attacking ReactOS. I only write about us project. Maybe is here
>  someone, who wants to help us make HostiliX really good OS?
>  
>  What we don't like in ReactOS? What disturb us?
>  1) New XML build system. I heared that it should be faster, but it
>  isn't. After compilation files have 2-3x more size. Standard makefiles
>  was better. 
On Windows, it's capable of building a bootable CD ~50% faster than the
old system was. Don't compare a DBG=0 with a DBG=1 build.

>   2) Making ReactOS Windows style. For eg. why do you
> implementing
>  explorer to ReactOS? It musn't be there. But, you can write your own
>  shell. It can looks like any existing shell (eg. Gnome, KDE, LiteStep).
>  Why just Windows? Is it the most beautifull Operating System? 
Windows has many good qualities.

>   3) Why all system is compressed to cabinet (CAB) file?
> Becouse Windows
>  uses this compresion. Why are you doing all like Microsoft? Is Bill
>  Gates paying you for cloning his OS? There's better, more beautifull and
>   with more capabilities shelles. And all of them are user-friendly!
>   
Because cabinet files have good access times when you need to pull out just
one file. And yes, Bill is sponsoring me. He even sends me gifts. Last
christmas I got a spacy looking USB mouse from him.

>   2/3) You want to do Windows clone, becouse the most
> poeple use it. So,
>  you want to do free Widnows. But we want to do completelly new OS, that
>  what I said it will be able to run Widnows apps and load windows
>  drivers. That's all. Of course we can cooperate if you want. You can get
>  our patches from HostiliX's SVN and we can get your patches from
>  ReactOS's SVN. 
ReactOS is not a clone of Windows. On www.reactos.com,
"ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is
compatible with Microsoft Windows(R) applications
and drivers."
says it all.

>   
>  Actually we're only looking for people who symphatetic our idea to make
>  completelly new OS (somethink like modified Windows). On most forum
>  boards where are Windows Customization sections you can see Windows with
>  Aqua style (they're changing Windows to look like MacOS or Linux) 
It doesn't sound like it's a completely new OS. It sounds more like a fork
of ReactOS.


PS. Don't compare these:
http://www.reactos.com/en/content/view/full/177
http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?func=detailitem&item_id=3642

Casper