Re: [ros-dev] New ideas added to GSoC Ideas list

[Can Tasan]

Dear Ricardo,

Firstly, Win16 application support doesn't interrupt our project. It strengthens us.
On technical view, supporting them doesn't make any design change to NT architecture,
apps won't be able to access hardware directly. Like any app, they'll obey the
rules.

Secondly, there are a number of reasons to support Win16:

1) Many people and corporations still use DOS and Win16 apps today, thus their system
can't be upgraded easily. Most of the cases, DOSBOX will do the job but what if any
problem occurs, or integration with system is needed? With Win16 support out of the box,
people will get much more technical support and security updates.

2) Many apps released in 90s have 16 bit setups, even they are actually 32-bit. In this


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Konu: Re: [ros-dev] New ideas added to GSoC Ideas list

Sorry for the non-developer intrusion, this is the point of view of an IT technician that
would happily substitute Windows machines with ReactOS machine in an hypotetical future.

To me, this looks like an extension (and a perilous one) to the “which NT version should
we target?” discussion, which at some point was interrupted and so a decision has never
been made.
I understand that seamless 3.1 support would be “cool”, but would it be of any use? If you
can already get it working albiet in a non-seamless way, it seems more than enough to me,
and I don’t think that resources should be allocated to this if the objective of the
project really is (as I understand) to create a viable replacement for Windows.

Just my two cents as a real-world user.

Regards,
Riccardo

From: Ros-dev [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Can Tasan
Sent: 17 March 2017 05:40
To: ReactOS Development List <ros-dev(a)reactos.org>
Subject: Re: [ros-dev] New ideas added to GSoC Ideas list

Wine still maintains and even improves Windows 3.x support! I hope they don't give
up!

Can we use Wine code while implementing WoW16?