Schedule
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:01 pm
Hi I was interested in joining this team a few years ago, at that time I was working on a compiler project and was getting a little bored.
However I did not join, because I felt that the goals were unacheivable in any resonable time-frame.
I still think that this is the case, although progress has clearly been made.
My own feeling at that time, was that an OS that was 100% compatible with NT's driver model, would be a reasonable goal, since drivers would not be a major consideration.
I cannot help but suspect that this project will eventually fizzle out, simply because the pace of change in Microsoft's own developments creates a moving target.
One of the biggest problems the project will face is the move to 64-bits, this won't be overnight of course, but 64-bit systems will eventually become the norm as the years roll by.
ReactOS, impressive though it is, will simply be unable to respond, because the architectural differences between 32-bit and 64-bit are so great.
It has taken Microsoft many years to get XP 64 for AMD up and running, and that is only a beta.
I often wonder whether an alternative OS (Other than Linux and MacOS) is really commercially acheivable?
"Be" died off, and "Lindows" is a mystery to me, I never seem to be able to get straight answers about where Lindows is heading.
Do the team have any kind of project plan? any find of schedule?
Regards
Hugh
However I did not join, because I felt that the goals were unacheivable in any resonable time-frame.
I still think that this is the case, although progress has clearly been made.
My own feeling at that time, was that an OS that was 100% compatible with NT's driver model, would be a reasonable goal, since drivers would not be a major consideration.
I cannot help but suspect that this project will eventually fizzle out, simply because the pace of change in Microsoft's own developments creates a moving target.
One of the biggest problems the project will face is the move to 64-bits, this won't be overnight of course, but 64-bit systems will eventually become the norm as the years roll by.
ReactOS, impressive though it is, will simply be unable to respond, because the architectural differences between 32-bit and 64-bit are so great.
It has taken Microsoft many years to get XP 64 for AMD up and running, and that is only a beta.
I often wonder whether an alternative OS (Other than Linux and MacOS) is really commercially acheivable?
"Be" died off, and "Lindows" is a mystery to me, I never seem to be able to get straight answers about where Lindows is heading.
Do the team have any kind of project plan? any find of schedule?
Regards
Hugh