[davikr]

> I think the efforts of the development team could be better spent elsewhere.

Talking about this, has it ever been established if ReactOS is actually 100% authoral code? I thought I remembered someone from Microsoft discussing somewhere (maybe Hacker News?) how everyone there thought it was based on RE that wasn't clean-room or leaked code.

Found it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20341933

[hitekker]

IIRC, that Microsoft employee was acting alone, trying to pick a fight with ReactOS. He backpedalled when the community asked if he was representing his company. My guess is that his management chain heard about the drama he was creating, and he stopped commenting.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> has it ever been established if ReactOS is actually 100% authoral code?

How would you establish that?

> I thought I remembered someone from Microsoft discussing somewhere (maybe Hacker News?) how everyone there thought it was based on RE that wasn't clean-room or leaked code.

And SCO was sure Linux used Unix code. In both cases, I'm assuming FUD until given stronger evidence.