[ros-kernel] Re: windows clone!?

[Reddog H. <red...@ho...>]

> we must use windows 9x,ME and NT,2000
>
> many applications are not running under win NT,2000 when they are for
win9x!
>
> we must use the best thinks from windows!

I don't hink specialising on windows 9x makes things better. Windows 9x and
ME has all that stuff that makes it buggy like direct hardware access. I
agree with that building to NT or 2000 (NT5) specifications is the way to go
in an user view (hey you wan't to use it when it's ready) and from an
implementation view (no nonsens makes better architecture).

What i am asking is: can we use part's of wine for the kernel ? Since I
think it's also GPL and it incorperates mutch of the interface needed (they
even made some microsoft programs work). I'm not sugesting introducing an
linux backbone with an Win32 front but I could imagine that some small
part's of implementation (or the framework) can be used in reactOS.

About using the best qualities of windows, I think your right, but the best
thing of windows is its GUI. So since we are building an totaly compactible
kernel for NT would it not be posible to temporaraly use the original one ?
I don't know how dirty the gui of NT is implemented but it could be worth
using it till theire is an "real" gui for reactOS.

Talking about the reactOS gui, Anybuddy has an ideas about wat it's gonna
look like ? Windows XP, 2000, NT, won't that give problems with patents and
such ?

with regards,

rolf

p.s. I'd like to contribute, but i think my C++, C programming skills aren't
that of the kernelteam or even close. Any Ideas how I can help ?

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