This is the Windows Services for Unix that you have to download separately from Microsoft. It's like running a Unix-like environment on top of the supposedly microkernel core of the then Windows NT architecture.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Andy Sy <[email protected]> wrote: > Danny Escasa quoted from http://www.reactos.org/en/newsletter_54.html > > > The Windows version that ReactOS officially targets has been > > a point of confusion for some time now. There are actually two > > specified targets, one involving the NT kernel and the other for > > the Win32 > > > > subsystem. Officially the ReactOS kernel still targets the Server > > 2003 kernel, also known as NT 5.2. This target changes fairly > > slowly. > > > > On the other hand the Win32 subsystem target is always at the > > latest Windows version released, which would be Windows Vista as > > of the writing. This is why there are often commits stating updates > > or implementations that are Vista based. When Windows 7 is > > released the Win32 target will shift again, but this does not > > mean a decision will be made to shift the kernel target as well. > > The Windows OS architecture is actually very interesting once you > start to understand it. The NT kernel's design is clearly influenced > more by VMS than Unix so there are some very interesting differences > there. Because of its closed source nature, it was much harder to > get info about it before, but the 'Net has really opened up the info > channels. > > Like the quote above mentions, the NT kernel is capable of hosting > different subsystems. In fact, a POSIX subsystem was (is?) available > on NT (could be as far back as NT 3.x or NT 4.0). In theory, one > could implement a Linux compatible subsystem running on top of > the ReactOS kernel! This would be extremely interesting because > that could potentially mean Linux programs will get access to > the vast universe of Windows drivers. > > > > > > > ================================ > The Webmechs Webpress > http://www.webmechs.com/webpress > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Tito Mari Francis H. Escaño Computer Engineer and Free Software Proponent
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