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Re: ReactOS

From John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.misc
Subject Re: ReactOS
Date 2026-05-06 14:49 -0700
Organization A place where nothing fits quite right
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On Wed, 6 May 2026 21:17:33 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> > I would think that'd be fairly obvious: to provide an equivalent
> > workalike to a native Windows install.  
> 
> 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.*

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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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