I gave up on arguing. Instead I'll just use this to push my own ideas. I also have a secret plan of a "Complete rewrite" that will "bring ReactOS to the next level" not yet sure about the details, but I think it will incorporate something like virtualization and cloud computing.
*muahahaha* Gregor Schneider wrote: > Now that I understand the driver concept behind arwinss I think that arwinss > is the right approach for the project. > Looking at the current development approach win32 user and kernel components > will not be finished anytime soon and will probably never work 100%. We're > just missing specialised developers to achieve that. > Furthermore mixing Wine and ReactOS codes on function level like done in > those components complicates matters dramatically and consumes energies that > could be used in better ways. > > Summing that up: I like the idea, should indeed be a big push for > application compability. > Actually I'm surprised we don't see a big controversial discussion around > this idea like everyone expected. > > Concerning the picture on page 25 of the presentation: I remember having > seen the start menu side bar cropped like this before in some of my tests. > Was it StretchDIBits, or rather StretchBlt? I'll find out. > > Best regards, > Gregor Schneider > > P.S: Quite interesting how the press judged this announcement: "ReactOS > about to restart" is what I read today on a german technology news page. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
