[ros-general] German FAQ

[Robert K.]

> Related to that: Isn't Microsoft abandoning the NT platform, i.e. won't
> ReactOS become obsolete when Longhorn is released?
> 
> (I'm not sure about that, though, I just heard that Longhorn was no
> longer based on NT. If I'm wrong, please correct me. If this is true,
> however, than ReactOS would turn into something similar to the GNUstep
> project: Trying to recreate a platform that was abandoned a decade ago.)

AFAIK, this is compleete rubbish.
Its rather so that MS wants to move developers towards net and the clr.
Win32 or that API will not be dropped. At least the whole Net-framework 
is based upon it. They could of course turn the house on the roof. But 
where is the advantage for that work?
and if you look into the history. What about old APIs. What about DOS, 
COM-programs, Local/Global Memory-APIs.

Reinventing the whole NT-Kernel technology is also no real option. Why 
shuld they. 10^6 Drivers would have to be rewritten. The kernel and 
everything around is rather hi-tech and working stable.....

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Johannes
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