Thread: WGA - can I escape from this?
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Old 20-09-2008, 00:02   #17
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Re: WGA - can I escape from this?
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Originally Posted by Graham M View Post
Haha

And it is Linux+Wine with Wine doing all the important stuff which I'm not sure is a great idea (sorry Off-topic!)
Reactos is NOT Linux + Wine, it is reverse engineered NT style kernel + Wine.

Yes, Wine is wher the higher level APIs come from, but instead of layering on top of Linux, the aim is am NT style kernel, and ultimately, it seems, the abilty to use Windows drivers.


Personally, I think MS will let them get so far, then drop so many obstacles in their path, skating just on the right side of avoiding anti-competition problems. By the time "XP ressurected" gets anywhere near finished, it may even suit Microsoft's purpose if there is a non-MS alternative for Vista or Windows 7 refusers.
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