What are the disadvantages to using ARWINSS as Win32 subsystem ? "Entry level is rather low" - What are the requirements for Arwinss developer ?
- Marius Przybylski Dnia 16 stycznia 2010 22:44 Aleksey Bragin <alek...@reactos.org> napisał(a): > All, > today I would like to officially announce the (sub)project I was > working on for the last half a year, and make a call to developers to > participate. > > ReactOS has been around for about 11 years, and it's been growing > each year since then. The demand for an open source Windows- > compatible operating system is huge: geek, servers, netbooks, > accounting, point of sales, CAD... The list could go on and on. > > Time goes by, new versions of Windows operating systems are being > released. ReactOS usability still has not reached any significant > value. Not to say ReactOS didn't even officially enter the Beta > stage. Separately, there are many achievements: audio support > appeared, bootloader is able to boot real Windows, some Windows > binary drivers could be loaded and work in ReactOS, networking is > being improved every day, the kernel is being actively worked on too. > But all of that does not really matter for the end user. For a user > it's important that a web-browser loads websites, instant messenger > client connects and works, [Microsoft/Open] Office shows documents, > email client gets new messages. > > This bare usability is what's still missing, and if ti continues to > be like this, I am afraid our project won't be of much use in another > 10 years. Certainly, I became very concerned and started analyzing > situation. Being opensource project without major commercial > sponsors, there are certain limitations as to what could be done to > improve the situation, so mainly it's a matter of picking right > priorities and properly managing (motivating) existing human resources. > > The part of ReactOS which plays major role in compatibility and > usability is Win32 subsystem. Right now, it's a huge monster which > requires a lot more human resources than we have now. It's very hard > and time consuming to reach even Windows 2000 level of compatibility > with current amount of participating developers, and high entry level. > > I came up with something which could solve this problem: Arwinss. To > better explain what it is, I made a special presentation (URL to > slides in PDF format is in the end of this email). Please imagine > myself talking through it as I didn't perform/record it. > > Now, after you read through the presentation, I would like to make a > proposal to all developers (even newcomers, who never worked on > ReactOS before). Let's make an Arwinss week, or Arwinss month. Every > developer could definitely find a few hours during a week to hack > Arwinss. Entry level is rather low, there are some basic docs about > Arwinss in the wiki, and I am happy to consult about details. > > If I could make this new subsystem out of nothing (out of Wine and > ReactOS) almost alone (Kamil and Smiley help is very valued and > appreciated!) within a few months, imagine what we could do all > together? > > With the best regards, > Aleksey Bragin. > > The presentation: (links to further information are in the > presentation too) > http://www.reactos.org/media/docs/2010/arwinss.pdf > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
