Comment by bitwize

Comment by bitwize 2 days ago

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> ReactOS, the effort to create a free and open source Windows NT reimplementation.

Some projects creep along slowly until something triggers an interest and suddenly they leap ahead.

MAME's Tandy 2000 implementation was unusable, until someone found a copy of Windows 1.0 for the Tandy 2000, then the emulation caught up until Windows ran.

Maybe ReactOS will get a big influx of activity after Windows 10 support goes offline in a couple days, or even shortly after when you can't turn AI spying off, not even three times a year.

znpy 2 days ago

Not so long ago there was a leak of windows’ source code, up to xp and 2003 server… the leak was so complete there are videos on YouTube about people building and booting (!!!) windows from there.

And yet, no big leap in ReactOS (at least for now).

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  • ranma42 2 days ago

    IIRC ReactOs forbids you from contributing if you had access to the windows source code in some way shape or form.

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    • cardanome 2 days ago

      They need to train an LLM with the windows source code and ask it to write an windows clone.

      Apparently copyright law only applies for humans, generative AI gets away with stealing because there is too much monetary interest involved in looking the other way.

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      • justinclift 2 days ago

        Wow, so you're saying "Windows but with even less reliability and more security problems plus tech debt"?

        I don't think the world really needs that. :)

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        • executesorder66 a day ago

          >"Windows but with even less reliability and more security problems plus tech debt"

          To me that just sound like it will make ReactOS much more Windows-like. So it's probably a win for the project. \s

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  • alganet 2 days ago

    Leaks like this actually slow down ReactOS development.

    The project is supposed to be a clean-room reverse engineering effort. If you even see Windows code, you are compromised, and should not work on ReactOS.

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