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Re:ReactOS: Rebuilding Microsoft Windows from the ground up,... by fpgeek on Sunday September 01, 2013 @01:14AM (#6309232)
Ahem. You forgot one of the most potent weapons in Microsoft's IP arsenal: patents. I wish they weren't as powerful as they are, but they can't be ignored.
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Re:ReactOS: Rebuilding Microsoft Windows from the ground up,... by 4ad on Sunday September 01, 2013 @05:41AM (#6309680)
Microsoft steals ReactOS developers to become Windows kernel developers. The last two editions of Windows Internals list Alex Ionescu as co-author. Alex Ionescu was the lead ReactOS developer before Mark Russinovich stole him.
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Re:ReactOS: Rebuilding Microsoft Windows from the ground up,... by userulluipeste on Monday September 02, 2013 @08:42AM (#6314868)
In E.U., which is where ReactOS is based now, the software patents are not valid.
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