[ros-dev] RE: [ion] 19742: -ImplementRtlPrefectMemoryNonTemporal.Patch by PatrickBaggett<baggett.patrick@gmail.com> and myself.

[Steven Edwards]

Hi Ge,

On 11/30/05, Ge van Geldorp <gvg at reactos.org> wrote:
> How can we claim that ReactOS is an independent implementation when we start
> to use "well, I reverse engineered Windows and Microsoft does it the same
> way" as a implementation decision rationale? For that matter, why spent time
> on ReactOS at all? Obviously, Microsoft with its huge teams knows better
> anyway, so we should just stick to Windows.

You are correct. We cannot claim ReactOS is a independent
implementation if this is the rationale. I think the only solution is
to call for a vote on the methods we use to gather information about
Windows behavior.

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Steven Edwards - ReactOS and Wine developer

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