boot/bootdata/readme.txt

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   2 ReactOS\99 Version 0.3.x
   3 Updated March 3, 2013
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   6 1. What is ReactOS?
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   9 ReactOS\99 is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is
  10 compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows\99 NT
  11 family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven).
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  13 Website: http://www.reactos.org
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  16 2. Relationship with the WINE project
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  19 ReactOS has always intended to work with the WINE project to share as much
  20 programming effort as possible. This mainly concerns User Mode DLLs and
  21 still happens to a degree today. Other areas of cooperation lie in
  22 applications and testing suites.
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  25 3. Future compatibility
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  28 The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003
  29 compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with
  30 Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases.
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  33 4. Supporting other System Applications
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  36 The Windows NT architecture allows for subsystems, as does the ReactOS
  37 architecture. A subsystem is an implementation of the APIs of another
  38 operating system, allowing ReactOS to run applications from other systems.
  39 We are already looking at subsystems for: Java, OS/2, and DOS and possibly
  40 others in the future.
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  43 5. Tutorials
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  46 Developer and User Tutorials: http://www.reactos.org/wiki
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  48 The tutorials contain more information on the project, compiling and testing
  49 ReactOS - amongst other topics. Contributors to the project are always welcome.
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  52 6. Author
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  55 This document was written by Jason Filby (jasonfilby@yahoo.com).