[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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