Steven Edwards wrote:
Hi,
On 12/28/05, Gregor Anich blight@blight.eu.org wrote:
I dont see any reason for it either... But OTOH i do see threats from it.... Even a amateur lawyer will be able to make a judge believe that ReactOS is somehow based on windows if everything is somuch alike...
I like the black screen myself at least for bootup messages. I don't know if the current versions of Windows still bugcheck with a blue or blackscreen but I think we should try to do that with a bluescreen.
As for a judge believing that ReactOS is based on Windows I doubt we would have trouble in court. Just take a look at how the IBM/Novell vs SCO cases are going. Judges do not tend to be dumb, just corrupt and if we get hauled before a dirty judge it won't matter how much we look like Windows.
I agree, we dont have to be like windows, just be compatible with the api. James