Re: [ros-kernel] Forward: "ReactOS is too limited"

[Jason F. <jas...@ya...>]

--- Nick Date <nic...@ya...> wrote:
>I was reacting. The reason ReactOS was being slated was, I suspect,
>because Linux people see ROS as a threat rather than an ally. They
>see a potentially superior and more mainstream-compatible kernel
>and they poo their pants.

I don't know how all Linux people perceive ReactOS, generally I think
a lot of them don't know everything about what we're doing. At
wineconf it was surprising how many people didn't know much about
what we were doing. However, they were very interested to listen. It
doesn't really matter if some (and you can't generalize about all of
them) people in the Linux community see us as a threat (_if_ they
do). I think we should just focus on promoting ourselves as an ally
with them.

>I went to the forum with no preconception and I was flamed by about
>3 people who blatantly spent their entire lives with their eyes
>glued to a "VDU".

Well, that's their lose, and we know that. But I'm very sure not all
people who use Linux are flamers.

>Maybe ROS is too "Windozey" for Linux users? I don't know, but I
>don't think you should have to have a degree in Computer Science to
>install an OS (which is why I use Win XP).

Well that's where the Linux distro companies come in - they focus on
hiring people to make it easy to use (among other things). Of course,
I'm sure ReactOS will be a lot easier to use than most Linux distros
because Windows (which we're mostly trying to clone) was designed
with the user in mind from the start.

>Hehe. Sorry if I offended you, I didn't mean to stereotype all
>Linux users, I've just had some bad experiences getting help. I
>suppose at the end of the day it's personal preference. Don't get
>me wrong, Linux has it's uses (I seem to remember hearing embedded
>Linux is taking off at the moment), but as a desktop OS (which is
>what I need) it's no good for me.

It's cool, but remember that flames go both ways. It's not good for
us to flame Linux and the Linux community, no matter if some of us
have had a bad experience or two. A linux user on the list that reads
that flame would feel the same way about us - that they've been
insulted. It's best that we all just try and get along - after all
ReactOS is about reacting to the Microsoft monopoly, certainly
__not__ reacting against Linux!

- Jason







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