dj50 wrote:Years means that by then ReactOS will be totally useless ...

True. But I can't imagine this whole thing would take years. But if so, they should rather start developing a Windows Vista Compatible System.

1. How does he know it's stolen code from Windows ? Did he have a look at the Windows code himself ? 2. If there is stolen code - drop the code and drop the guy who stole it. Where's the problem ? 3. You can't avoid having smiliarities in the code - like someone said before, sometimes there is only ...

Copyright on a............cursor ?!

Dr. Fred wrote:Man muss alle IO-Zugriffe als System Calls abstrahieren, direkt geht es AFAIK nicht.

Ich denke schon. Siehe z.B. http://www.beyondlogic.org/porttalk/porttalk.htm

Hallo, ich bin ja bestimmt kein OS-Guru, aber wie kann ein Treiber im UserMode laufen? Das ist doch eigentlich überhaupt nicht möglich, weil er ja sonst nicht direkt auf die Hardware zugreifen kann (IO-Schutz, Memory-Schutz), was er ja muss. Ich glaube, man kann auch Programmen im User Mode Rechte ...

Yes, once it reaches a stable level it will be a bomb. I just hope it won't take too long or it might become outdated before it hits its first release.

Eine der größten Sicherheitslücken ist ohnehin der User.

Won't users be able to download the directx package from microsoft ?

I know, the goal is to be totally independent of microsoft. But as long as there isn't an open alternative, would it work ?