Monday, October 03, 2005

Use WinXP apps without using Windows!

There is a rather ambitious project going on called the ReactOS Project. It is about building an implementation of a Microsoft WinXP compatible operating system from the ground up. What it means to you in plain terms is that with ReactOS, you will not need WinXP to run software written for the Wintel platform. You probably may not need to spend your hard-earned cash on WinXP and use this instead. Sounds cool and since it'll be free, it sounds really attractive. The only problem is that we may have to wait a long time for this and it may become a target for the Redmond lawyers.

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