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Re: ReactOS

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From Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject Re: ReactOS
Date Thu, 7 May 2026 21:34:53 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 7 May 2026 08:03:39 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> On Thu, 7 May 2026 02:46:15 -0000 (UTC)
> Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>>>> Whereas if you use something like WINE, that implements enough of
>>>> the Windows APIs to run the userland apps, which is surely all
>>>> that most people would care about.
>>>
>>> Whether or not that's true of *most,* the fact that a whole
>>> community has been working on this for years clearly indicates
>>> that it's not true for *all.*
>>
>> If you were talking about the developers rather than the users, you
>> might have a point.
>
> Do you think that the developers themselves are not users?

The question is, is there a significant pool of users outside the
developers themselves.

> Are you imagining that they've spent decades working on a project
> that nobody wants for no reason?

Nobody apart from themselves, as far as I can tell.

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ReactOS Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 00:59 +0000
  Re: ReactOS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 07:53 -0700
    Re: ReactOS Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 22:51 +0000
      Re: ReactOS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 08:22 -0700
        Re: ReactOS Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 21:17 +0000
          Re: ReactOS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 14:49 -0700
            Re: ReactOS Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-07 02:46 +0000
              Re: ReactOS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 08:03 -0700
                Re: ReactOS Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-07 21:34 +0000
                Re: ReactOS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 14:41 -0700

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