[ros-dev] Some Insight...

[Rick Langschultz]

I though ReactOS was supposed to be a Windows-like environment; having said
that I think that there should be an option obviously a home user would like
those flashy things included, whether they choose to turn them on or off is
their choice. Now a developer's machine is about the programming aspects,
and cpu cycles would be better spent on code, services, and performance. The
way I see it is Windows XP implemented a great feature in letting the user
choose using the Advanced Performance Options. Also, let me say, that if a
developer chooses to use a lot of services, such as high-end databases used
on an e-commerce site the process host should be allocated more memory than
say the GUI. Optimization of services is an important factor in choosing a
server environment.

I think BeOS also touched on a key feature in isolating each background
service. If ReactOS has a bug or a server or service crashed the system
should not BSOD instead there should be an auto-restart option that will
effect/affect only that process or service. This will allow little downtime
especially in a mission critical environment.