Hi Rafal,
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.
When do you expect will you make your source code public, so we can have a look at e.g. your taskmanager bugfixes? Your SVN repository is currently empty.
Actually we're only looking for people who symphatetic our idea to make completelly new OS (somethink like modified Windows).
Sure, this is also something I am missing a bit in ReactOS: It's not possible to implement much enhancements over MS Windows - there is always this "100 % compatibility" sword of damocles. Extending the WIN32 API is not possible without breaking the compatibility of ROS applications, which should also be able to run on MS 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)
The GUI style is just kind of fashion. For example after Longhorn gets released, this trends will change again IMHO.
Regards,
Martin