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Cthulhu_ • today at 1:53 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Is money the issue for this project, or finding the right people?

Or another point of view, if you put a lot of money into it, it becomes a commercial endeavour - would it still be for a good cause?

More armchair internet commenter devil's advocate discussion starters than any opinions of mine to be honest. But, there's a lot of projects that would benefit from no-strings-attached donations.

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velcrovan • today at 2:17 PM

As far as I can tell, the nearest thing to a stated goal or mission is on their “About” page:

    Our main features are:

    * ReactOS is able to run Windows software
    * ReactOS is able to run Windows drivers
    * ReactOS looks-like Windows
    * ReactOS is free and open source
Building a replica of an old OS is a fun project, but if there was a purpose for it besides having an "is able to" replica, it would attract more people.
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