4.1? When did I miss that one? 4.0 -> 5.0 as far as I know.oiaohm wrote:.....
WinNT 4.1 is running a lot of services. .....
Cleaned up WinNT 4.1 for workstation use would run rings around w9x.
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4.1? When did I miss that one? 4.0 -> 5.0 as far as I know.oiaohm wrote:.....
WinNT 4.1 is running a lot of services. .....
Cleaned up WinNT 4.1 for workstation use would run rings around w9x.
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It could be done by removing all of the extra security layers that the NT model has that prevent one program from ruinating the whole system, but this would rather destroy the point of having said security in the first place. Also, it would need time and attention from a member of the development team, who are already busy just working on reaching 0.4.fdwhacker wrote:I'm no expert, but it could probably be done.
That's because it isn't slowed down by all that pesky security and stability stuff. Also, if I recall correctly, pre-NT versions of Windows can't take advantage of multi-[processor/core] machines, which would surely make them run slower than NT on multiple-processor machines.fdwhacker wrote:The only good thing about 9x is that it runs amazingly fast.
Don't worry, 9x-era programs that can be run by XP will run in ReactOS. This debate is more focussed on 9x programs that XP cannot run, such as the original Quake (ie. not WinQuake or GLQuake).fdwhacker wrote:I agree with you. But still, ReactOS will not be complete without support for those old programs. Windows XP, Server 2003, and Vista have support for legacy apps (though Vista's security features sometimes get in the way). If Microsoft can do it, why can't ROS devs do it too?
I don't have any programs that I NEED that I can't live without, but some old games won't run on Win32.
And by the way, another 9x is so fast is that it directly acesses the hardware, since it is a DOS-based OS.
While not an OS programmer, I can tell you that it would be rather like merging Windows and Linux - possible, maybe, but the fact remains that they are two very different operating systems, so you're going to be doing a lot of square-peg-round-hole style stuff when trying to glue ReactOS and "Open98" together.fdwhacker wrote:I was actually thinking of starting a project like that and then merging the results into ReactOS.
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