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gvg | 2 Jul 2005 10:36

Website

The website went down last night after a log file reached 2Gb. This resulted
in Apache processes being killed and restarted, which in turn led to heavy
trashing.
Everything should be back to normal now.

Ge van Geldorp.
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James Tabor | 2 Jul 2005 18:56

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Hi
Did everyone get this too?
James

Date: 	Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:31:03 +0200
From: 	Rafa? <rafkup <at> gmail.com>

Hi.

I am writing to you in the name of all BetaComp Team members, because
we're thinking, that you are the best from the best. We make new
operating system firstly based on ReactOS <http://www.reactos.com
<http://www.reactos.com/>> (the part of you work on ReactOS or did it in
the past). Why base on ReactOS? The answer is very simple. HostiliX
(this is a name of our OS) is compatible with Windows(R) and ReactOS is
compatible with Microsoft(C) product too, so we based HostiliX on
ReactOS, because we don't want to waste our time to do something what is
already done. Now suggest next question: Why are we doing Windows(R)
clone? We are not making a Windows clone! Just most hardware
manufacturers do drivers only for Windows(R), so we want to HostiliX be
able to use it. We don't have time to do drivers! The same situation is
with Windows applications. Most users need Windows(R) software. We want
to permit them to use free operating system and them's favourite
software. But running Windows software isn't our priority!
We want to make new, fast, stable and secure operating system. It will
have its' own SubSystem using CygWin, or CygWin clone, so it will run
modified Linux applications. POSIX SubSystem must be modified of course.
There won't be root directory (/). All ported from Linux to HostiliX
software will use drive letters like A:, C:, (...). The will be also
OS/2(R) and DOS(R) SubSystems.
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Martin Fuchs | 2 Jul 2005 19:44
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Re: [Fwd: Help & contact!]

2005/7/2, James Tabor <jimtabor <at> adsl-64-217-116-74.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net>:
> Hi
> Did everyone get this too?
> James

> Date:   Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:31:03 +0200
> [...]
> From:   Rafa? <rafkup <at> gmail.com>
> Q: Why don't we help ReactOS Team?
> A: There's a few reasons. First: We don't want to do Windows clone.
> HostiliX will be only able to load Windows(R) drivers and run Windows(R)
> software, when we will do more and repair existing I/O Functions.
> Second: Windows software compatibility isn't our priority! Third: We
> don't like ReactOS Team policy. They're doing anything like this in
> Windows(R). They even cloned Explorer. We only want to compatible with
> Windows(R) startup, shutdown (without hibernate), login processes. But
> it won't looks like Windows. HostiliX will have its' own GUI (it's GDI +
> XOrg with theming support).

Of course I didn't get this mail because I "even cloned Explorer".  ;-)
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James Tabor | 2 Jul 2005 20:38

Re: [Fwd: Help & contact!]

Martin Fuchs wrote:
> 2005/7/2, James Tabor <jimtabor <at> adsl-64-217-116-74.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net>:
> 
>>Hi
>>Did everyone get this too?
>>James
> 
> 
>>Date:   Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:31:03 +0200
>>[...]
>>From:   Rafa? <rafkup <at> gmail.com>
>>Q: Why don't we help ReactOS Team?
>>A: There's a few reasons. First: We don't want to do Windows clone.
>>HostiliX will be only able to load Windows(R) drivers and run Windows(R)
>>software, when we will do more and repair existing I/O Functions.
>>Second: Windows software compatibility isn't our priority! Third: We
>>don't like ReactOS Team policy. They're doing anything like this in
>>Windows(R). They even cloned Explorer. We only want to compatible with
>>Windows(R) startup, shutdown (without hibernate), login processes. But
>>it won't looks like Windows. HostiliX will have its' own GUI (it's GDI +
>>XOrg with theming support).
> 
> 
> Of course I didn't get this mail because I "even cloned Explorer".  ;-)
> 

Yeah, port Xpde gui to windows with Delphi. http://www.xpde.com
James
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Tom Lee Mullins | 4 Jul 2005 20:34
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Re: [Fwd: Help & contact!]

James Tabor wrote:

> Hi
> Did everyone get this too?
> James
>
>
> Date:     Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:31:03 +0200
> From:     Rafa? <rafkup <at> gmail.com>
>
>
>
>
> Hi.
>
> I am writing to you in the name of all BetaComp Team members, because
> we're thinking, that you are the best from the best. We make new
> operating system firstly based on ReactOS <http://www.reactos.com
> <http://www.reactos.com/>> (the part of you work on ReactOS or did it in
> the past). Why base on ReactOS? The answer is very simple. HostiliX
> (this is a name of our OS) is compatible with Windows(R) and ReactOS is
> compatible with Microsoft(C) product too, so we based HostiliX on
> ReactOS, because we don't want to waste our time to do something what is
> already done. Now suggest next question: Why are we doing Windows(R)
> clone? We are not making a Windows clone! Just most hardware
> manufacturers do drivers only for Windows(R), so we want to HostiliX be
> able to use it. We don't have time to do drivers! The same situation is
> with Windows applications. Most users need Windows(R) software. We want
> to permit them to use free operating system and them's favourite
> software. But running Windows software isn't our priority!
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TwoTailedFox | 4 Jul 2005 20:36
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Re: [Fwd: Help & contact!]

ROS isn't a Windows Clone. It's designed to be 'Windows Compatible',
but not an outright 'Clone'.

On 7/4/05, Tom Lee Mullins <tomleem <at> comcast.net> wrote:
> James Tabor wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > Did everyone get this too?
> > James
> >
> >
> > Date:     Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:31:03 +0200
> > From:     Rafa? <rafkup <at> gmail.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > I am writing to you in the name of all BetaComp Team members, because
> > we're thinking, that you are the best from the best. We make new
> > operating system firstly based on ReactOS <http://www.reactos.com
> > <http://www.reactos.com/>> (the part of you work on ReactOS or did it in
> > the past). Why base on ReactOS? The answer is very simple. HostiliX
> > (this is a name of our OS) is compatible with Windows(R) and ReactOS is
> > compatible with Microsoft(C) product too, so we based HostiliX on
> > ReactOS, because we don't want to waste our time to do something what is
> > already done. Now suggest next question: Why are we doing Windows(R)
> > clone? We are not making a Windows clone! Just most hardware
> > manufacturers do drivers only for Windows(R), so we want to HostiliX be
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K McI | 4 Jul 2005 20:39

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Tom Lee Mullins wrote:
> It is the first time I heard about them.
> If they don't want to do a Win clone,
> why base it on ReactOS? (which is a
> Win clone).

If it is, I suggest you look back through the mailing list archives for
'HostiliX' and check up on them to get the full story to date.

             -uQ
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Alex Vancina | 4 Jul 2005 20:41
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Re: [Fwd: Help & contact!]

On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 14:34 -0400, Tom Lee Mullins wrote:
> It is the first time I heard about them.
> If they don't want to do a Win clone,
> why base it on ReactOS? (which is a
> Win clone).

I think the key here is that they're trying to be Windows *compatible*
without really cloning it (i.e. look & feel). 

It sounds like driver compatibility is high on their priority list. It's
an interesting idea since one of the hardest parts of building a new OS
is hardware support. Windows drivers are available for pretty much
everything, so if you can reuse those it saves a huge amount of work.   

Alex
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Hartmut Birr | 4 Jul 2005 22:37
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James Tabor wrote:

> Hi
> Did everyone get this too?
> James
>
>

I got the same mail.

- Hartmut
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TwoTailedFox | 4 Jul 2005 23:11
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Me too.

On 7/4/05, Hartmut Birr <hartmut.birr <at> gmx.de> wrote:
> James Tabor wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > Did everyone get this too?
> > James
> >
> >
> 
> I got the same mail.
> 
> - Hartmut
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> 

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