That is of course if it ever finishes development or gets to a state where it is truly usable as an NT5 o/s. ReactOS will become de facto 'Windows' home for the majority of traditional style win32/MFC/Delphi apps. Even if they are successful Windows will become something else and not Windows as we know it. The two will fork in different directions and Windows will morph into an unusable UWP monster, the usual all-deprecating mess that MS inevitably creates. In any case, ReactOS will be Windows whilst Windows will become something else.

Apache Open office vs Libre Office? how hard would it be for Libre to create a NT5 version if a supported target existed? Not that hard I'd say as Apache still have that compatibility. NT5 compatibility will be assured and NT6 will be coming/partially in place.Īs an example, I have just installed XP and I have a supported and working browser, word processor suite, the vast majority of my tools work on it with current versions. I will be doing exactly that with some software that is the perfect match for ReactOS. Anyone with competence can take an open source project and refactor it for an o/s that is very close to the original target especially when all the tools exist, the skills are no different and the o/s is ready to roll. Dont miss to download the new release and find out yourself. In the Release Notes you can read about all new bugfixes, improvements and languages.

As an o/s gains credibility and users then developers will automatically note it as a potential target. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6 released 18 November 2018: The Apache OpenOffice project announces the official release of version 4.1.6.

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