Perhaps you should come visit us in the reactos IRC channel...
irc.freenode.net #reactos
And have a chat with the people that created the work your project is based on.
-----Original Message----- From: ros-dev-bounces@reactos.com [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.com]On Behalf Of Rafal Kupiec Sent: 05 June 2005 10:42 To: ros-dev@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?
I know that maybe sounds funny: We're making OS based on ReactOS and don't want to help make ReactOS better. But we don't like Windows. We don't want to do all Windows applications. We want to do completelly new OS, that will be albe to run Windows applications and use Windows drivers. None more. We want to do stable, fast operating system. It will have its own API (subsystem) and for example Posix subsystem. HostiliX have only Windows base software. It'll not looks like Windows. It's only architecture and directory structure.
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. 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? 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!
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.
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)
Ge van Geldorp wrote:
Maybe it's a cultural difference, maybe it's because we're both not native English speakers, maybe I'm just too sensitive, but.... I think your posts sound a bit aggressive. I'm wondering why? What did ReactOS do to deserve that tone/attitude?
- We'll not help you by commiting patches to your SVN or
submiting to you diffs.
You do realize that this will also mean that, as time goes by, it will become harder and harder for you to merge in bugfixes from ReactOS into
your
project, since the source bases will drift apart?
Gé van Geldorp.
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