[PLUG] ReactOS's ridiculous timeline...

Kenneth G. Stephens kens at cad2cam.com
Thu Dec 14 05:02:50 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 17:35 -0800, someone wrote:
> Why do the ReactOS project planners plan to spend WAY too much time 
> to get a stable release out?  They are developing a GPL'ed Windows XP
> compatible operating system.  It's going to take them so long
> to get to beta even, that I seriously wonder why they don't either
> push for a more aggressive timetable or give up.  They are saying 
> beta quality sometime between 2007 and 2008, but neither 0.4 nor 
> 0.3.1 have come out.  I guess they are not planning on getting to
> a 1.0 release until 2009.
> 
> I'm curious, why is the foundation converting from being a U.S. based 
> nonprofit corporation to being a company based out of Russia?
> 
> I admittedly am starting to wonder what the heck is going on with this
> 10 year old project.  If enough major companies get behind a GPL'ed
> Windows compatible operating system, couldn't it be developed to a
> stable level in less than 13 years?  What is the average timeline from
> alpha to stable for producing a new operating system from scratch?
> 
> Let's look at Linux, it started about 1990 didn't it?  Let's say it
> started in 1994, that was only 10 years ago where Linux is already
> in arguably great shape as far as operating systems go.  
> 
> Is the ReactOS project ever going to speed up?
> 
> Here is their roadmap page.  I'm sorry, but this seems pathetic.
> 
> http://www.reactos.org/en/about_roadmap.html
> 


I know you are trolling, but I could not resist.  They are trying to
emulate Windows, aren't they?  Late off the mark, and last to market,
but what the heck, a monopoly can do that.
-- 
Ken Stephens
CAD 2 CAM




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