[ros-dev] reports about Win7+ apps

[Dick]

;-) yes but it would make the group of users much smaller. an 
windows-replacement that can run all windows programs, including those of 
windows 10 can be used as a stable replacement for everyone, when the 
target would be xp/2003 most people and most new hardware would not 
benefit from it. but luckily david pointed out also support for newer 
windows versions is planned.

On Mon, 5 Nov 2018, Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo wrote:

> @Dick,
> 
> Windows XP/2003 is a great target, those were very stable systems, and
> ReactOS can perfectly replace them. Software companies dont support them
> because lack of maintenance. But ReactOS has that :)
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 1:59 PM Dick <dick at deds.nl> wrote:
>       When will reactos be usable for daily use? I think reactos
>       shoulld support
>       also windows 7/10 programs, because when it only supports older
>       windows-versions you all are in fact building history, something
>       that will
>       never be usable for new computers with new software so it would
>       never be
>       able to replace windows. I realy hoep the day this project is
>       suitable for
>       daily use comes ever, about 20 yers of work without a full
>       functional
>       versoin makes me doubt reactos will ever become a fully workign
>       replacement for windows. Who knows, maybe everybody had forgoten
>       windows
>       in 10 years and everybody uses chrome os. so i hope there is a
>       plan,
>       somethign users can expect. a first beta release for example.
>       best regards, Dick
>
>       On Mon, 5 Nov 2018, David Quintana (gigaherz) wrote:
>
>       > Our compatibility layer is very WIP, so reports about those
>       apps would be a
>       > lot of noise with low value
>       >
>       > On Mon, 5 Nov 2018, 13:32 Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo
>       <elhoir at gmail.com
>       > wrote:
>       >       hello all,
>       > im planning to use ReactOS at a foundation here in Madrid,
>       which is
>       > dedicated to people with intellectual disabilities
>       >
>       > he point is, they are using mostly Windows 10, so they are
>       using Win10
>       > apps
>       >
>       > are bug reports about Win10 apps acceptable?
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