why not make win9X clone?
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why not make win9X clone?
why are you makeing a nt clone? if you made a win 9X clone, you wouldnt need to make a intire os, just a program. this would mean that half the work would already be done by freedos.org!
we could be on reactOS 0.05.00 now! :roll
we could be on reactOS 0.05.00 now! :roll
Better to look and act like XP HOME than 98SE for stability reasons. I agree that the Win98SE look and feel was better than 2000 or XP with the default settings, but with a little work you can make it look and feel alot like 98SE. Plus you do have RUN AS to use your old 9x programs.
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Because Windows 9x is DEAD (Well, dying off fast). Microsoft has finished the Windows 9x line with ME (Which was a crap release (Like 98SE SP1)) and driver makers are going to try and stop manking drivers for 9x as soon as they can do so without loosing significant customers.
Not to metion it's unstable as [CS] compared to all the other modern OSes (NT, Linux, etc).
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Not to metion it's unstable as [CS] compared to all the other modern OSes (NT, Linux, etc).
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9x, while better than anything before it, when compared to the NT kernel, SUCKS ...
- poor stability
- poor memory model
- sacrificed stability for increased compatibility
- allowed programs to directly access hardware (and thus programs could easily crash the whole system)
- poor multitasking abilities
(just my opinion, though)
- poor stability
- poor memory model
- sacrificed stability for increased compatibility
- allowed programs to directly access hardware (and thus programs could easily crash the whole system)
- poor multitasking abilities
(just my opinion, though)
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Yes, for MicroSoft.Because Windows 9x is DEAD
98 fans can still upgrade it thanks to Alper Coskun of exuberant software
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For me, Win98 was dead same day it born. Is an ugly OS, unestable, and unsecure, no dual machines support, memory hungry...
User interface is ugly and have no power (like winnt, 2k and xp UI). If you wanted to customize the GUI you must to fight whit registry and some programs doesn't work...
NT desing is far better, doesn't crash as often (it only crash some times for me and was for a bad driver), has a good memory management system (can be improved), is more secure (not as secure as linux but secure) and programs work faster and smothly.
I doesn't know any reason to support win9x series under ROS as a priority, maybe when ROS reaches version 1 could be the moment to think abaout a win98 subsystem... but atm the win32k must be the prioritary one, followed by posix, dos, os/2, and them win9x
User interface is ugly and have no power (like winnt, 2k and xp UI). If you wanted to customize the GUI you must to fight whit registry and some programs doesn't work...
NT desing is far better, doesn't crash as often (it only crash some times for me and was for a bad driver), has a good memory management system (can be improved), is more secure (not as secure as linux but secure) and programs work faster and smothly.
I doesn't know any reason to support win9x series under ROS as a priority, maybe when ROS reaches version 1 could be the moment to think abaout a win98 subsystem... but atm the win32k must be the prioritary one, followed by posix, dos, os/2, and them win9x
The Windows 2000 GUI has enough "power".
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You know what he did? Downloaded every 98SE hotfix from Windows Update, a few 3rd party updates and tweaks and slapped them together into one installer. And they STILL doesn't fix the problems of it's terrible stability, memory map, driver system, etc, etc.patchworks wrote:98 fans can still upgrade it thanks to Alper Coskun of exuberant software
I can understand ppl wanting a free 9x, but NT is soo much more worth the time and effort.
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