[PLUG] ReactOS - lucrative opportunity?

[King Beowulf]

ReactOS is an interesting project, but is quite a bit behind the WINE
project. I'd so its got a good 5+ years to go to catch up. WINE can be
glitchy for some win apps, but the rate of dev and responsiveness to
fixes is very good.  I use WINE and Dosbox for legacy apps (and games
too) and have been rarely disappointed.

Ed


On 6/20/13, C W <elcaseti at gmail.com> wrote:
> User friendliness isn't the issue, in this case.  Projects like ReactOS &
> WINE are useful for those few Windows apps that are still necessary in some
> cases.
>
> Cheers,
> Elcaset
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Mike C. <mconnors1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > Best drop this line.
>> >
>> >
>> > > I thought it was the super christian guy who hated liberals.
>> > >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > > Oh, wasn't that the bomb threat guy? I totally forgot about that.
>> >
>> > > >
>> > > > ReactOS? Bad flashback to the one person who was banned from the
>> > > > PLUG
>> > > > mailing lists....
>> >
>> > I find it interesting, telling, and troubling that more than 1 person
>> > on
>> this list had the same reaction as I did. I initially discredited
>> everything Keith was saying about ReactOS based on my experience with
>> this
>> one person who was the only person I knew who ever spoke about it.
>>
>> Funny and a bit concerning how the mind works some times. Thank you Keith
>> for the good and thorough write-up. I think you made some very salient
>> points worth considering
>>
>> As I'm quite ignorant of all things ReactOS, the one question I have is,
>> is
>> ReactOS a good bridge or transition from WinXP to Linux? Or do people
>> think
>> Ubuntu and browser based apps are so user friendly now that it makes this
>> transition step unnecessary?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mike
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