[ros-dev] Arwinss presentation

Sun Jan 17 00:09:48 CET 2010

What are the disadvantages to using ARWINSS as Win32 subsystem ?
"Entry level is rather low" - What are the requirements for Arwinss developer ?
- Marius Przybylski
Dnia 16 stycznia 2010 22:44 Aleksey Bragin <aleksey at reactos.org> napisał(a):
> 	All,
> today I would like to officially announce the (sub)project I was 
> working on for the last half a year, and make a call to developers to 
> participate.
>> ReactOS has been around for about 11 years, and it's been growing 
> each year since then. The demand for an open source Windows- 
> compatible operating system is huge: geek, servers, netbooks, 
> accounting, point of sales, CAD... The list could go on and on.
>> Time goes by, new versions of Windows operating systems are being 
> released. ReactOS usability still has not reached any significant 
> value. Not to say ReactOS didn't even officially enter the Beta 
> stage. Separately, there are many achievements: audio support 
> appeared, bootloader is able to boot real Windows, some Windows 
> binary drivers could be loaded and work in ReactOS, networking is 
> being improved every day, the kernel is being actively worked on too. 
> But all of that does not really matter for the end user. For a user 
> it's important that a web-browser loads websites, instant messenger 
> client connects and works, [Microsoft/Open] Office shows documents, 
> email client gets new messages.
>> This bare usability is what's still missing, and if ti continues to 
> be like this, I am afraid our project won't be of much use in another 
> 10 years. Certainly, I became very concerned and started analyzing 
> situation. Being opensource project without major commercial 
> sponsors, there are certain limitations as to what could be done to 
> improve the situation, so mainly it's a matter of picking right 
> priorities and properly managing (motivating) existing human resources.
>> The part of ReactOS which plays major role in compatibility and 
> usability is Win32 subsystem. Right now, it's a huge monster which 
> requires a lot more human resources than we have now. It's very hard 
> and time consuming to reach even Windows 2000 level of compatibility 
> with current amount of participating developers, and high entry level.
>> I came up with something which could solve this problem: Arwinss. To 
> better explain what it is, I made a special presentation (URL to 
> slides in PDF format is in the end of this email). Please imagine 
> myself talking through it as I didn't perform/record it.
>> Now, after you read through the presentation, I would like to make a 
> proposal to all developers (even newcomers, who never worked on 
> ReactOS before). Let's make an Arwinss week, or Arwinss month. Every 
> developer could definitely find a few hours during a week to hack 
> Arwinss. Entry level is rather low, there are some basic docs about 
> Arwinss in the wiki, and I am happy to consult about details.
>> If I could make this new subsystem out of nothing (out of Wine and 
> ReactOS) almost alone (Kamil and Smiley help is very valued and 
> appreciated!) within a few months, imagine what we could do all 
> together?
>> With the best regards,
> Aleksey Bragin.
>> The presentation: (links to further information are in the 
> presentation too)
> http://www.reactos.org/media/docs/2010/arwinss.pdf
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