On Jan 19, 2011, at 9:15 PM, Timo Kreuzer wrote:
Am 19.01.2011 18:04, schrieb Pierre Schweitzer:
Yeah that does make sense. However my point was, if only Pierre is going to use it why not just get him his own copy.
True point. I actually thought I am not the only to practise test- based dev. But looking at the (lack of) comments, it seems I am. Taking that into account, it is not up to me to decide.
I think you are making the wrong conclusions. My point on this issue is pretty much like Geds, nothing to add. And speaking of test based development: Of course I am making tests, but Windows XP and Windows 7 are just fine for that, unless you test some very specific kernel stuff.
That's because vast majority of people involved in ReactOS project *at least* dualboots with a Windows installation. And for any Windows driver developer this is obviously a must, since ReactOS is quite far from being the leading development environment :)
It would be handy to have a copy of Windows 2003 for leasing, if that's possible. However, installing it at a remotely-accessible location is nearly useless (unless you really want to RDP into a yet another Windows, which has VMWare inside of it, plus a WinDbg, and you want to develop/test drivers this way).
My 5 kopeyek. WBR, Aleksey.