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:internetnews.com: Open Source Clone of Windows Not a Ripoff?
internetnews.com: Open Source Clone of Windows Not a Ripoff?
Feb 23, 2006, 17 :30 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (6955 reads)

(Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)

"The question of whether proprietary closed source code is present inside open source code is a huge issue. It sits at the crux of the SCO battle against Linux and it is also at the center of another controversy surrounding an open source effort to create a free clone of Microsoft's Windows operating system.

"ReactOS is part of a decade old effort to replicate a Windows operating system as an open source or free software based system. It's not the only effort trying to duplicate Windows type functionality on an open source system..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
It's being made a big issue by Micro ...   No it's not....   
da
Feb 23, 2006, 17:44:18
 
> It's being made a big issue by Mic ...   Re: No it's not.... (I AGREE!!)   
Bruce
Feb 23, 2006, 19:55:25
 
to create a FOSS version of the YUGO.It  ...   And the next project will be ...   
GreyGeek
Feb 23, 2006, 21:15:17
 
What about open source code present insi ...   Re: No it's not....   
anonymous
Feb 23, 2006, 22:23:22
 
I can't help but notice that open so ...   Who has been REALLY doing the stealing?   
DDahl
Feb 23, 2006, 22:46:06
 
> Proprietary code showing up in open so ...   Re: Re: No it's not.... (I AGREE!!)   
Rainer Weikusat
Feb 24, 2006, 10:48:50
 
 Besides, if they ever get within striki ...   Re: And the next project will be ...   
Hyper L
Feb 24, 2006, 13:30:22
 
> > NOW, if you want to speak the truth, ...   Re: Re: Re: No it's not.... (I AGREE!!)   
Rufus Polson
Feb 24, 2006, 17:40:53
 
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