ReactOS

I see what they did here, but did you? ReactOS is still unknown among many, and it could use more developers, so I'm spreading the word, and you should, too.

ReactOS not only allows you to learn a lot from Windows, but it'll eventually become very usable as a free, open source OS that runs Windows software - a free, open source Windows replacement.

Besides, after Windows 2000 and Windows XP are totally phased out and we don't get drivers for them, we'll be forced to move on to Vista. The problem is not the scary amount of bloatware built into Vista as much as it's the fact Windows Vista is Windows DRM. Unless people finds a way to crack away the digital rights infringement so built into Windows Vista, we'll have to move to ReactOS for a free, non-criminal, non-r1aa/m9aa/gay-oriented operating system.

Linux trolls refrain from posting, I already know Linux exists and it's so free and all. (And if being an advanved Linux user I'm looking for a free Windows-compatible OS, it must be because Linux isn't/doesn't do what I want, even games aside.)

The main problem WINE has is not correctly implementing the win32 API - it's incorrectly implementing it. win32 is poorly specified and buggy. A lot of software rely on certain bugs in the API, which forces MS to port the bugs to each next version of the OS or face users refusing to upgrade because it "breaks" their software. So if you have a correct implementation of win32, your software won't work on it.

My point is, how does ReactOS plan to get around this? In fact I'm sure I heard somewhere that ReactOS is based on WINE.