[ros-dev] Re: New OS built on ReactOS and WinuxOS technology!

[Alex Ionescu]

Rafal Kupiec wrote:

>We're going to follow Windows arch, becouse Windows isn't really bad OS,
>It only often hangs up. Making HostiliX we want to do new OS that will
>be able to run Windows Applications and drivers. 
>
That's what ReactOS is.

>Why? There's a lot of
>great programs and I think the most drivers for this OS (eg. there's no
>drovers for Canon i560 pronter for Linux). All hardware manufacturers do
>drivers for Windows, so we want to HostiliX be able to support them.
>  
>
That's what ReactOS is.

>Why we don't help ReactOS to make it better?
>We hate your policy. You want to do Windows NT clone, so must you do
>for. example explorer? Cannot you do any other application?
>
You don't want us to use explorer? I don't understand. Explorer is the 
shell on Windows, so we must clone it so that users can feel at home.

> A few days
>ago I asked on ReactOS forum why your Task Manager looks buggy? e7
>answered me: "Because ReactOS is still a alpha version (0.3svn), and the
>developers have other things todo (extend API, let applications and
>drivers work...)" 
>
Actually it's because of some bugs in Win32K that aren't our priority 
right now. If you copy our code your taskmgr will have the same bug. Run 
it in windows, and you'll see it runs excellent.

>It's your policy, that I don't understand. Why are you
>doing new think incompletelly?
>
Taskmgr is 100% complete. Try it in windows. Win32K took Microsoft years 
to finish, and still has bugs. So does ours. We are in alpha version, 
it's normal.

> You want to do all at the same time! 
>
The design of Windows requires a minimal amount of things to be ready 
simulatanously. We can't say "ok guys, let's work 100% on the kernel for 
the next 2 years". Window's design doesn't allow that, which is why we 
needed to work 50% on everything and then improve bit by bit.

>But
>we want to do less than you but better. We'll not help you, becouse we
>don't want to repair your bugs(eg. taskmgr). 
>
If you take our GPL Code and "not help us" (ie: not re-release your 
modified sources) then you are committing copyright infringement and 
violating the GPL license. I thought you want to make an OS, not go to 
jail...

>Why taskmgr is buggy?
>  
>
I just told you.

>Becouse someone who developed it stoped working on it and I think start
>working on somethink else.
>
No, taskmgr is not buggy. The developer stopped working on it because it 
works. If you don't understand that this is because of win32k, you 
shouldn't be coding a Windows OS.

> I personally don't do all system ingredients.
>I do only one thing.
>  
>
Good luck. Works for monolithic kernels. Won't work for a micro-kernel 
subsystem architecture like NT.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu
Kernel Developer, ReactOS