[ros-kernel] ReactOS

[Wesley Parish]

That's an excellent idea.  I would suggest a merge/win4lin-on-ReactOS style 
arrangement to handle Win16 and Win32(9x) programs, and I think that could be 
done with this source code I got way back when, and the dosbox and dosemu 
code.  It'd also be a mammoth task.  (For what it's worth, I've also got 
Schulman's "Unauthorized Windows 95" in my personal library.  It's got some 
valuable hints on the True Secret History(TM) of Win32 as it applies to 
Win9x.)

I should also point out that I'm only a guy who got ahold of the OpenWindows 
code when it was still alive, not the guys who started it, and eventually 
gave it up.  But their names will be in the files.

Wesley Parish

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:44, Alex Ionescu wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Wouldn't you prefer to work on ROS and ensure a good 9x compatbility
> layer like the one XP has?
>
> Best regards,
> Alex Ionescu
>
> Rick Langschultz wrote:
> >Thank you very much for the positive email. I appreciate it, I knew that
> >my idea would receive negative criticism but I didn't know how much,
> >turns out to be about 4 emails. LOL, Yes I would love the source to that
> >OpenWindows. The name would have to be changed to suite my naming
> >scheme, but I think that would be ok, as long as it is documented in the
> >source and what-not. Thank you for the mail, talk to you later.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com
> >[mailto:ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of Wesley Parish
> >Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 8:34 PM
> >To: ReactOS Kernel List
> >Subject: Re: [ros-kernel] ReactOS
> >
> >There was a project some time ago to do exactly this, a Win9x F/LOSS
> >clone
> >called "OpenWindows" and its site is still floating around on
> >Sourceforge,
> >though it is officially dead.  I've got the source code for it, though I
> >never
> >got around to building them.
> >
> >I'm loathe to pour cold water on your enthusiasm, but ReactOS succeeded
> >whereas
> >OpenWindows didn't.  If you're intent on doing it, I can send you the
> >OpenWindows source code and you can take it from there.
> >
> >Wesley Parish
> >
> >Quoting Rick Langschultz <rlangschultz at cox.net>:
> >>Hey all,
> >>
> >>
> >>Just wanted to say that ReactOS has evolved from what it was a few
> >>months ago. Being that ReactOS is being built to run windows nt
> >>programs
> >>I figured that I would start a project to run only windows 95, 98,
> >
> >98se
> >
> >>programs. Tell me what you think and if you think that this would be a
> >>good idea. I know it will take a while, but I am willing to spend the
> >>time. I figure that I will start with sources from freedos 32, wine,
> >>binutils, some common programs, and a small X Windowing system to
> >>handle
> >>the graphics services. Well tell me what you all think. Suggestions
> >
> >are
> >
> >>welcome and please tell me about any problems that I may face.
> >
> >"Sharpened hands are happy hands.
> >"Brim the tinfall with mirthful bands"
> >- A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge
> >
> >"I me.  Shape middled me.  I would come out into hot!"
> >I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of
> >the
> >other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press
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