[dba-Tech] XP replacement?

How does one write an OS? I feel so old and so out of the loop. Perhaps I
should just hang up my spurs and give it all up. Time was, I deemed myself
talented. Those times are long gone. O well.

Arthur the Ancient


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen <
hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote:

> There is ReactOS, but I haven't personally used it, so I can't say more
> than that:
>
> ReactOS® is a free open source operating system based on the best design
> principles found in the Windows NT® architecture (Windows versions such as
> Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 are built on Windows NT
> architecture). Written completely from scratch, ReactOS is not a Linux
> based system, and shares none of theUNIX architecture.
>
> The main goal of the ReactOS® project is to provide an operating system
> which is binary compatible with Windows. This will allow your Windows®
> applications and drivers to run as they would on your Windows system.
> Additionally, the look and feel of the Windows operating system is used,
> such that people accustomed to the familiar user interface of Windows®
> would find using ReactOS straightforward. The ultimate goal of ReactOS® is
> to allow you to use it as alternative to Windows® without the need to
> change software you are used to.
>
> ReactOS 0.3.15 is still in alpha stage, meaning it is not feature-complete
> and isrecommended only for evaluation and testing purposes.
>
>
>
> - Hans
>
>
> > On Feb 5, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Peter:
> >
> > In reality, I tend to agree with you. My personal route is to go Linux,
> Ubuntu Linux for that matter but there are many other distros that are just
> as easy to install and maintain...I would go so far as to say these
> products are easier to install and maintain than Windows...but being over
> 35 years in the business hardly makes me a user like "Joe Public" and so my
> normal is slightly skewed.
> >
> > The Linux route is terrifying for many, who have lived and learned the
> Windows ways for over twenty years...to get a user to leave the world they
> have grown up in is almost impossible.  OTOH, I am becoming more
> comfortable using Linux every day...I like fast internet, browsing, a
> decent Windows like GUI, Excel, Word, Power-point, all fully
> compatible...my versions are just named Libra Calc, Writer and
> Impress...and these products are hardly bleeding edge and are 100 percent
> compatible.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
> > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <
> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:32:43 AM
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] XP replacement?
> >
> >> On 2014-02-05 10:54 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> >> Hi All:
> >>
> >> ASUS is selling, what it calls the XP replacement. Is the world ready
> for Android (Linux) to replace Window?
> >>
> >>
> http://www.techrepublic.com/article/xp-replacement-179-asus-chromebox-is-most-powerful-chrome-device-to-date/#ftag=RSS56d97e7
> >
> > If you're willing to pay usage fees for the rest of your life to the
> > server farm that implements your "cloud", sure, but most XP users, I
> > think, have a different set of requirements---fast networking browsing &
> > email and a decent Windows-like GUI with Excel2000-fully-compatible
> > spreadsheet, PowerPoint2000-fully-compatible presentation software, and
> > Word2000-fully-compatible word processing. Thats the 31% or so of
> > current Windows users who still run XP, ie many millions who feel no
> > compulsion to be near the bleeding edge but are just trying to get their
> > 'puter work done with minimum fuss----a huge market for an open source
> > implementation of "Windows". What seems 'rilly odd to me is that no *Nix
> > OS vendor has yet produced what these people need.
> >
> > PB
> >
> > -----
> >
> >>
> >> Jim
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Arthur